Thursday Overnights: ‘Big Brother’ Leads CBS to Victory

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Note: The Raleigh-Durham market is excluded from the following averages.

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 3.4/ 6, ABC: 2.9/ 5, NBC: 1.3/ 2, Fox: 1.2/ 2, CW: 0.4/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: +10, ABC: -15, Fox: -33, NBC: -50, CW: -56

-Ratings Scorecard:
The home of “Big Brother,” CBS, topped the evening, with the perennial reality/competition flat from the year-ago evening at a 3.9 rating/7 share in the household overnights from 9-10 p.m. For those worried about “Big Brother’s” future, don’t be. The traditional Nielsen ratings and social media attention warrant a renewal. And for a look at how host Julie Chen signed off last night, click here https://programmingins.wpengine.com/julie-chen-moonves-stands-by-her-man/

On ABC, “The Match Game” closed its season with a second-place 3.0/ 5 at 9 p.m., which led out of an encore telecast of “Celebrity Family Feud” at a 3.5/ 6 (#2) at 8 p.m. At 10 p.m. on the alphabet net was the likely series finale of freshman drama at a modest 2.1/ 4 in the hour, which actually finished first against encore telecasts of competing “S.W.A.T.” on CBS (#2: 1.9/ 3) and “Law & Order: SVU” on NBC (#3: 1.3/ 2).

The remainder of the evening were all repeat telecasts.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Thursday, September 13 broken out by half-hour.

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 3.6/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.5/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 1.5/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “MasterChef” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 3.5/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “Young Sheldon” (R): 4.1/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)
Fox – “MasterChef” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#3)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game” (season finale): 3.1/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 4.0/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 1.3/ 2 (#3)
Fox – “The Gifted” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Originals” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game” (season finale): 2.9/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.7/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 1.1/ 2 (#3)
Fox – “The Gifted” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Originals” (R): 0.3/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Take Two” (season or series finale): 2.2/ 4 (#1)
CBS – “S.W.A.T. (R): 1.9/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Take Two” (season or series finale): 2.0/ 4 (#1t)
CBS – “S.W.A.T. (R): 2.0/ 4 (#1t)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research