Thursday TV Ratings 4/8/21: Rebel Off to Modest Start, Law & Order Shows See Big Drops but Remain Strong, United States of Al Steady (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: After a monstrous crossover event, it was inevitable that 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.9) and the second episode of 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' (0.8) would suffer steep declines. While the two programs fell by nearly 50% in the A18-49 demographic, they remain stronger than a good majority of broadcast dramas. 'SVU' in particular is still well above the 0.6s and 0.7s it was posting before the crossover. Earlier in the night, 'Manifest' (0.5) shed a tenth-and-a-half from its week-ago premiere (0.65). On ABC, 'Station 19' (0.7) lost a tenth as 'Grey's Anatomy' (0.9) held even. The latter led into the series premiere of Katy Sagal drama 'Rebel' (0.5). The Sagal series performed a good bit better than last week's 'A Million Little Things' (0.39) but that's still far from an encouraging starting point. CBS was steady across the board with comedies 'Young Sheldon' (0.7), 'United States of AI' (0.6), 'Mom' (0.6), and 'B Positive' (0.4). 10pm drama 'Clarice' (0.3) ticked up at the tail-end of the lineup. Fox's 'Last Man Standing' (0.4) moved to the 9pm slot for its final stretch of episodes but couldn't seem to benefit from the stronger 'Hell's Kitchen' lead-in (0.7). 'The Moodys' (0.3) remained in dismal territory at 9:30. 'Walker' (0.2) inched down on the CW and led into a stable 'Legacies' (0.1).

Finals Update: Station 19 (+0.1), Young Sheldon (+0.1) and B Positive (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Station 19	0.79/5	4.87	ABC
	Young Sheldon	0.75/5	6.95	CBS
	Hell's Kitchen	0.71/6	4.63	Fox
	Manifest	0.48/4	3.15	NBC
	Walker	0.16/1	1.03	The CW
8:30 PM	United States of Al	0.64/4	5.38	CBS
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU	0.90/6	4.89	NBC
	Grey's Anatomy	0.90/6	4.83	ABC
	Mom	0.62/4	4.93	CBS
	Last Man Standing	0.41/3	2.22	Fox
	Legacies	0.13/1	0.51	The CW
9:30 PM	B Positive	0.47/3	3.80	CBS
	The Moodys	0.27/2	1.14	Fox
10 PM	Law & Order: Organized Crime	0.82/6	4.84	NBC
	Rebel (Series Premiere)	0.48/4	3.65	ABC
	Clarice	0.26/2	2.57	CBS