Thursday Overnights: ‘Fam’ on CBS Concludes Season (or Series) on a Modest Note

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Household Rating/Share
ABC: 3.8/ 7, CBS: 3.6/ 6, NBC: 2.1/ 4, Fox: 1.5/ 3, CW: 0.7/ 1

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: -10, NBC: -12, CW: -22, CW: -25, CBS: -35

Ratings Breakdown:
With “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS (two episodes last night) in repeats, ABC took the lead in the household overnights. Veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” topped the night at a 5.2 rating/10 share at 8 p.m., followed by spin-off “Station 19” (#1t: 3.9/ 7 at 9 p.m.) and sophomore legal drama “For the People” (#3: 2.5/ 5 at 10 p.m.). Chances of a third season for “For the People” is very unlikely.

In season (or series) finale news, CBS sitcom “Fam” closed with a typical 3.5/ 6 in the household overnights at 9:30 p.m. Comparably, this was 15 percent below a repeat of “The Big Bang Theory” at 9 p.m. (#1: 4.1/ 7), and “Fam,” overall, performed no better than fall time period occupant “Murphy Brown.” In other words, do not expect a renewal for either “Fam” or “Murphy Brown.”

The remainder of the evening for CBS was repeats.

Elsewhere, NBC’s main obstacle remains its sluggish Thursday sitcom slate, which last night featured the return of already renewed “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 1.4/ 2 at 9 p.m.) in place of “Will & Grace” (which concluded for the season). Week three of lead-out “Abby’s” dipped to a 1.3/ 2. Week two of The CW drama “In the Dark” dipped to a mere 0.5/ 1 in households at 9 p.m., which was a two-tenth of a rating point (or 29 percent) slip from the 0.7/ 1 opener one week earlier. And Fox was in repeats.

What follows is the household overnight breakdown by network and by half-hour for Thursday, April 10:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Grey’s Anatomy”: 5.3/10 (#1)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.6/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “Superstore”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Gotham” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural”: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Grey’s Anatomy”: 5.1/ 9 (#1)
CBS – “Young Sheldon” (R)” 4.3/ 8 (#3)
NBC – “A.P. Bio”: 1.5/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “Gotham”: 0.9/ 2 (#4t)
CW – “Supernatural”: 0.9/ 2 (#4t)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Station 19”: 3.9/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.1/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (return): 1.4/ 2 (#4)
Fox – “The Orville”: 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CW – “In the Dark”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Station 19”: 3.8/ 7 (#1)
CBS – “Fam” (season of series finale): 3.5/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Abby’s”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)
Fox – “The Orville”: 2.1/ 4 (#3)
CW – “In the Dark”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “For the People”: 2.5/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “S.W.A.T.” (R)” 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU”: 3.0/ 6 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “For the People”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “S.W.A.T.” (R)” 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU”: 3.2/ 6 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research