Thursday Overnights: First Live Eviction on ‘Big Brother’ Leads CBS to Victory

THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 3.0/ 6, NBC: 2.5/ 5, ABC: 2.4/ 5, Fox: 1.4/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 1

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +14, NBC: – 4, CBS: – 6, Fox: – 7, CW: -37

Ratings Breakdown:
The first live eviction on “Big Brother” led CBS to Thursday overnight victory, with the summer reality staple at a dominant 3.4 rating.6 share in households from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, that was one par with one week earlier, and that overnight performance translated into 5.14 million viewers (#12 overall for the week) and a 1.4 rating/6 share in adults 18-49 (tied for #3 overall), based on the Live+Same Day data.

Most improved is “Little Big Shots,” hosted by Steve Harvey, on NBC, with a 3.9/ 7 in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. hour (tied for #1 with encore telecasts of “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon” on CBS). Comparably, that 3.9 household rating for “Little Big Shots” was 50 percent above “Hollywood Game Night” on the year-ago evening (2.6/ 5 on 7/06/17). At 9 p.m., two more episodes of sophomore NBC sitcom “Marlon” lost considerable steam, however, with an average 1.8/ 3 in the hour.

Also original last night was ABC’s combination of “The Gong Show” (#3: 2.3/ 4 at 8 p.m.), “The Match Game” (#2: 2.7/ 5 at 9 p.m.) and recently introduced scripted drama “Take Two” (#1: 2.1/ 4). The remainder of the evening was all repeats.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Thursday, July 5 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Gong Show”: 2.4/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.0/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 3.9/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “The Four: Battle for Stardom” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Gong Show”: 2.1/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Young Sheldon” (R): 3.8/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 4.0/ 8 (#1)
Fox – “The Four: Battle for Stardom” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game”: 2.7/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.5/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “Marlon”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “The Four: Battle for Stardom” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Black Lightning” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game”: 2.7/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.2/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “Marlon”: 1.6/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “The Four: Battle for Stardom” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Black Lightning” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Take Two”: 2.2/ 4 (#1)
CBS – “S.W.A.T. (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Take Two”: 2.1/ 4 (#1)
CBS – “S.W.A.T. (R): 1.9/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU” (R): 1.6/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research