Friday Overnight Ratings: New ‘TGIF’ on ABC Lags Behind Fox and CBS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018

Notes: MLB Division Playoffs (TBS: NY Yankees-Boston: 7:32pm ET, FS1: Atlanta-LA Dodgers: 9:37pm ET)

Household Rating/Share (top 56 markets)
CBS: 4.9/ 9, Fox: 2.9/ 5, NBC: 2.2/ 4, ABC: 1.8/ 3, CW: 0.6/ 1

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (10/6/17):
Fox: +81, CBS: – 6, CW: -14, ABC: -18, NBC: -35

Adults 18-49 Rating/Share (top 25 markets)
Fox: 1.0/ 4, CBS: 0.7/ 3, ABC: 0.6/ 2, NBC: 0.4/ 2, CW: 0.2/ 1

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

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.2/ 4 (#3t), 0.7/ 3 A18-49 (#2) – “Fresh Off the Boat” (season premiere)
CBS: 3.8/ 7 (#2), 0.6/ 3 A18-49 (#3) – “MacGyver”
NBC: 2.2/ 4 (#3t), 0.4/ 2 A18-49 (#4) – “Manifest” (repeat)
Fox: 4.0/ 8 HH (#1), 1.3/ 6 A18-49 (#1) – “Last Man Standing”
CW: 0.6/ 1 (#5), 0.2/ 1 A18-49 (#5) – “Masters of Illusion”

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.9/ 3 (#4), 0.7/ 3 A18-49 (#2) – “Speechless” (season premiere)
CBS: 3.9/ 7 (#1), 0.6/ 3 A18-49 (#3) – “MacGyver”
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#3), 0.4/ 2 A18-49 (#4) – “Manifest” (repeat)
Fox: 3.4/ 6 HH (#2), 1.0/ 5 A18-49 (#1) – “The Cool Kids”
CW: 0.6/ 1 (#5), 0.2/ 1 A18-49 (#5) – “Masters of Illusion” (repeat)

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.6/ 3 (#4), 0.5/ 2 A18-49 (#3) – “Child Support” (season premiere)
CBS: 5.0/ 9 (#1), 0.6/ 3 A18-49 (#2) – “Hawaii Five-0”
NBC: 1.8/ 3 (#3), 0.3/ 1 A18-49 (#4t) – “New Amsterdam” (repeat)
Fox: 2.1/ 4 HH (#2), 0.8/ 3 A18-49 (#1) – “Hell’s Kitchen”
CW: 0.6/ 1 (#5), 0.3/ 1 A18-49 (#4t) – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (repeat)

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.6/ 3 (#4), 0.5/ 2 A18-49 (#3) – “Child Support” (season premiere)
CBS: 5.0/ 9 (#1), 0.7/ 3 A18-49 (#2) – “Hawaii Five-0”
NBC: 1.8/ 3 (#3), 0.4/ 2 A18-49 (#4) – “New Amsterdam” (repeat)
Fox: 2.0/ 4 HH (#2), 0.9/ 4 A18-49 (#1) – “Hell’s Kitchen”
CW: 0.7/ 1 (#5), 0.3/ 1 A18-49 (#5) – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (repeat)

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.9/ 3 (#3), 0.5/ 2 A18-49 (#3) – “20/20”
CBS: 5.8/11 (#1), 0.7/ 3 A18-49 (#1) – “Blue Bloods”
NBC: 2.5/ 5 (#2), 0.6/ 2 A18-49 (#2) – “Dateline”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.0/ 4 (#3), 0.5/ 2 A18-49 (#3) – “20/20”
CBS: 5.8/11 (#1), 0.7/ 3 A18-49 (#1) – “Blue Bloods”
NBC: 2.7/ 5 (#2), 0.6/ 3 A18-49 (#2) – “Dateline”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.5/ 4 (#3), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#3) – “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
CBS: 3.1/ 8 (#1), 0.5/ 3 A18-49 (#1) – “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
NBC: 1.9/ 5 (#2), 0.4/ 2 A18-49 (#2) – “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:00 a.m.
ABC: 1.1/ 3 (#3), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
CBS: 2.0/ 6 (#1), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
NBC: 1.3/ 4 (#2), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:30 a.m.
ABC: 1.0/ 3 (#3), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “Nightline”
CBS: 1.5/ 5 (#1), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)
NBC: 1.1/ 4 (#2), 0.3/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:00 a.m.
CBS: 1.0/ 4 (#1), 0.2/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)
NBC: 0.8/ 3 (#2), 0.2/ 2 A18-49 (#1t) – “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:30 a.m.
NBC: 0.6/ 2, 0.1/ 1 A18-49 – “Last Call with Carson Daly” (repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research