Thursday Overnights: Chargers Victory Over the Chiefs Ignites Dominant Fox

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018

Household Rating/Share
Fox: 8.8/15, CBS: 4.3/ 7, ABC: 2.1/ 4, NBC: 1.8/ 3, CW: 0.9/ 2

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening
Note: Football aired on NBC on year earlier.
Fox: +267, CW: +12, ABC: – 9, CBS: -26, NBC: -68

-Ratings Scorecard:
The Los Angeles Chargers versus the Kansas City Chiefs (29 to 28) on “Thursday Night Football” on Fox led the network to overnight victory, with an estimated 9.6 rating/16 share in households for the 8:30-10 p.m. ET portion (and not including coverage on the NFLN). The above average-rated game ultimately ended at 11:45 p.m. ET and the results will be updated to reflect this afternoon at programminginsider.com.

Elsewhere, “Murphy Brown” on CBS, which concludes next week, is unlikely to return next season. It scored a typical 4.2/ 7 (#2) at 9:30 p.m.) out of a healthy 5.5/ 9 for lead-in “Mom” (#2), and has just not resonated. At 10 p.m., sophomore Eye net crime solver “S.W.A.T.” (#2: 2.9/ 5 (#2) slipped by 33 percent from the 4.3/ 8 on the year-ago evening.

On ABC, “The Great American Baking Show” was flat at a modest 2.3/ 4 in the household overnights from 9-11 p.m. NBC featured an 8:30 p.m. installment of failing sitcom “I Feel Bad” (#4: 1.7/ 3 at 8:30 p.m.) out of a 2.3/ 4 (#3) for “Superstore.” And The CW featured its regularly scheduled “Supernatural” (#5: 1.0/ 2 at 8 p.m.), which will at some point need to end, and freshman “Legacies” (#5: 0.8/ 1 at 9 p.m.). The remainder of the evening were repeat telecasts.

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Disney’s Prep & Landing” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 5.6/10 (#2)
NBC – “Superstore”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
Fox – Thursday Night Football Pregame: 6.4/12 (#1)
CW – “Supernatural”: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Young Sheldon” (R): 5.2/ 9 (#2)
NBC – “I Feel Bad”: 1.5/ 2 (#4)
Fox – Thursday Night Football (LA Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs): 9.2/16 (#1)
CW – “Supernatural”: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Great American Baking Show”: 2.2/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Mom”: 5.5/ 9 (#2)
NBC – “SNL Christmas” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#4)
Fox – Thursday Night Football (LA Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs): 10.1/17 (#1)
CW – “Legacies”: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Great American Baking Show”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Murphy Brown”: 4.2/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “SNL Christmas” (R): 1.9/ 3 (#4)
Fox – Thursday Night Football (LA Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs): 9.7/16 (#1)
CW – “Legacies”: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Great American Baking Show”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “S.W.A.T.”: 2.9/ 5 (#2) (#2)
NBC – “SNL Christmas” (R): 1.9/ 3 (#4)
Fox – Thursday Night Football (Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers): NA

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Great American Baking Show”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “S.W.A.T.”: 2.8/ 5 (#2) (#2)
NBC – “SNL Christmas” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#4)
Fox – Thursday Night Football (Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers): NA

Source: Nielsen Media Research