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Thursday Ratings: CBS Wins Typically Modest Summer Thursday

THURSDAY FAST AFFILIATE RATINGS

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Total Viewers: 
CBS: 3.09 million, ABC: 2.96, NBC: 2.22, Fox: 873,000, CW: 337,000

Adults 18-49:
CBS: 0.5 rating/5 share, ABC: 0.4/ 4, NBC and Fox: 0.2/ 2 each, CW: 0.0/ 0

Original Programming:

ABC
8:00 p.m. “Press Your Luck”
Viewers: 3.61 million (#1 for the night); Adults 18-49: 0.5 rating/6 share (#1)

9:00 p.m. “Generation Gap”
Viewers: 3.12 million (#2); Adults 18-49: 0.4/ 4 (#2)

10:00 p.m. The Con”
Viewers: 2.15 million (#2); Adults 18-49: 0.3/ 3 (#2)

CBS
9:00 p.m. “Big Brother”
Viewers: 3.34 million (#2; Adults 18-49: 0.7/ 7 (#1 for the night)

The CW
8:00 p.m. “Bump” (half-hour out of a repeat of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”)
Viewers: 315,000 (#5); Adults 18-49: 0.0/ 0 (#5)

9:00 p.m. “Great Chocolate Showdown”
Viewers: 366,000 (#5); Adults 18-49: 0.0/ 0 (#5)

UPDATED 8/19/2022 6:40 PM ET: What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Thursday, August 18:

ABC
• 2.729 million viewers
• 1.7/5 HH (2.094 million households)
• 0.38/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.495 million adults 18-49)

Press Your Luck (ABC, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 3.425 million viewers
• 2.1/6 HH (2.574 million households)
• 0.51/6 A18-49 rating/share (0.666 million adults 18-49)

Generation Gap (ABC, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.854 million viewers
• 1.8/5 HH (2.198 million households)
• 0.38/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.493 million adults 18-49)

The Con (ABC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.909 million viewers
• 1.2/4 HH (1.510 million households)
• 0.25/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.326 million adults 18-49)

CBS
• 3.261 million viewers
• 2.0/6 HH (2.397 million households)
• 0.57/6 A18-49 rating/share (0.747 million adults 18-49)

Young Sheldon (R) (CBS, 8:00 PM- 8:31 PM)
• 3.258 million viewers
• 2.1/6 HH (2.582 million households)
• 0.31/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.401 million adults 18-49)

Ghosts (R) (CBS, 8:31 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 2.632 million viewers
• 1.7/5 HH (2.067 million households)
• 0.28/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.361 million adults 18-49)

Big Brother (CBS, 9:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 3.414 million viewers
• 2.0/6 HH (2.428 million households)
• 0.71/8 A18-49 rating/share (0.929 million adults 18-49)

NBC
• 2.287 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.828 million households)
• 0.22/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.286 million adults 18-49)

Law & Order (R) (NBC, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 2.263 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.837 million households)
• 0.18/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.235 million adults 18-49)

Law & Order: SVU (R) (NBC, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.654 million viewers
• 1.7/5 HH (2.129 million households)
• 0.26/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.344 million adults 18-49)

Law & Order: Organized Crime (R) (NBC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.945 million viewers
• 1.2/4 HH (1.517 million households)
• 0.21/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.280 million adults 18-49)

Fox
• 0.795 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.670 million households)
• 0.19/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.242 million adults 18-49)

MasterChef (R) (Fox, 8:00 PM- 9:02 PM)
• 1.034 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.854 million households)
• 0.22/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.283 million adults 18-49)

Welcome to Flatch (R) (Fox, 9:02 PM- 9:31 PM)
• 0.536 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH (0.475 million households)
• 0.16/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.208 million adults 18-49)

Welcome to Flatch (R) (Fox, 9:31 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.542 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH (0.470 million households)
• 0.14/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.188 million adults 18-49)

CW
• 0.326 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.280 million households)
• 0.04/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.050 million adults 18-49)

Bump (CW, 8:00 PM- 8:30 PM)
• 0.289 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.261 million households)
• 0.03/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.041 million adults 18-49)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) (CW, 8:30 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.296 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.262 million households)
• 0.03/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.044 million adults 18-49)

Great Chocolate Showdown (CW, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.359 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.299 million households)
• 0.04/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.057 million adults 18-49)

Univision
• 1.132 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.717 million households)
• 0.32/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.420 million adults 18-49)

La Rosa de Guadalupe (Univision, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 1.101 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.687 million households)
• 0.29/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.383 million adults 18-49)

La Mexicana y el Guero (Univision, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.023 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH (0.625 million households)
• 0.29/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.372 million adults 18-49)

Herencia, Legado Amor (Univision, 9:00 PM-10:01 PM)
• 1.375 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.859 million households)
• 0.40/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.527 million adults 18-49)

Mujer de Nadie (Univision, 10:01 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.991 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.665 million households)
• 0.27/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.358 million adults 18-49)

UniMás
• 0.430 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.245 million households)
• 0.18/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.233 million adults 18-49)

Teresa (UniMás, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 0.421 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.228 million households)
• 0.18/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.235 million adults 18-49)

Reto 4 Elementos: Naturaleza Extrema Season 3 (UniMás, 8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.502 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.284 million households)
• 0.20/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.263 million adults 18-49)

Inseparables, Amor al Limite Season 3 (UniMás, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.287 million viewers
• 0.1/0 HH (0.166 million households)
• 0.13/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.173 million adults 18-49)

Telemundo
• 0.925 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.653 million households)
• 0.24/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.309 million adults 18-49)

Top Chef VIP (Telemundo, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.984 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.664 million households)
• 0.28/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.362 million adults 18-49)

Amor Valiente (Telemundo, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.857 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH (0.616 million households)
• 0.20/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.262 million adults 18-49)

Infiel: Historia de un Engano (Telemundo, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.850 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.616 million households)
• 0.19/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.253 million adults 18-49)

NFL Preseason Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks (ESPN, 8:00 PM, 213 min.)
• 2.647 million viewers
• 1.50 HH (Range: 1.830-1.842 million households)
• 0.68 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.881-0.893 million adults 18-49)

Little League World Series Mid-Atlantic vs. Southwest (ESPN2, 7:56 PM, 125 min.)
• 0.937 million viewers
• 0.57 HH (Range: 0.692-0.704 million households)
• 0.10 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.124-0.137 million adults 18-49)

Source: Nielsen Media Research