Thursday TV Ratings 11/25/21: NFL Dominates Thanksgiving, United States of Al Hits Series High for Repeat, The Magic Maker Bombs (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: In keeping with Thanksgiving tradition, CBS yet again used the monstrous 'NFL Overrun' (10.58) to boost repeats, this time giving encores of 'Young Sheldon' (1.57), 'United States of Al' (0.92), 'Ghosts' (0.62), and 'Bull' (0.41) a massive jolt. Had these been original episodes, this would have been a new series high for 'Al' and 'Ghosts' and a new season high for the other two. On NBC, the 'Bills v. Saints' NFL game (5.66) was a sizable force and more than doubled its 'Football Night in America' lead-in (2.70). Fox's 'World Pet Games' (0.31) scored a modest yet unremarkable rating. ABC completely tanked with 'The Magic Maker' (0.18), a special that was then beat out by a pair of 'AFV' encores (0.24/0.29) that came after. The CW rebroadcasted their 'Scooby Doo, Where Are You Now!' special (0.09) and followed that up with reruns of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.09/0.07).

Finals Update: 'NFL Overrun' (+3.9), 'NFL: Bills v. Saints' (+1.7), 'The Magic Maker' (+0.1), and both repeats of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of 'Young Sheldon' (-0.7) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NFL Overrun	10.58/69	37.84	CBS
	Football Night in America	2.70	10.03	NBC
	World Pet Games	0.31/2	1.49	Fox
	The Magic Maker	0.18/1	1.69	ABC
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (R)	0.09/1	0.32	The CW
8:30 PM	Young Sheldon (R)	1.57/10	6.57	CBS
9 PM	NFL: Bills v. Saints	5.66/37	19.38	NBC
	United States of Al (R)	0.92/6	4.14	CBS
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.24/2	1.79	ABC
	World's Funniest Animals (R)	0.09/1	0.40	The CW
9:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.62/4	3.44	CBS
	World's Funniest Animals (R)	0.07/0	0.45	The CW
10 PM	Bull (R)	0.41/3	2.83	CBS
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.29/2	1.51	ABC