Thursday TV Ratings 6/29/23: Generation Gap and The Chase Rise in Premieres, The Blacklist Also Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Season two of game show 'Generation Gap' (0.35) got off to a healthy start on ABC. Though this was over a tenth lower than last year's debut (0.46), it was a few ticks higher than the show's September 2022 finale (0.32). At 9, 'The Chase' (0.30) went six-hundredths above its last original from February (0.24). A repeat of 'Press Your Luck' (0.25) closed out the alphabet network's night of premieres. On NBC, 'The Blacklist' (0.25, +0.04) rebounded and led into repeats of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.18) and 'Magnum P.I.' (0.13). CBS's reruns of 'Young Sheldon' (0.32), 'Ghosts' (0.21), 'So Help Me Todd' (0.16), and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14) crushed Fox's encores of 'Alert' (0.15) and 'Stars on Mars' (0.10). The CW had another round of repeats in the form of 'Walker' (0.04) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.03).

Finals Update: The repeat of 'So Help Me Todd' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Generation Gap (P)	0.35	4.5	3.22	ABC
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.32	4.3	3.38	CBS
	The Blacklist	0.25	3.2	2.52	NBC
	Alert: Missing Persons Unit (R)	0.15	2.0	0.97	Fox
	Walker (R)	0.04	0.6	0.33	The CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.21	2.7	2.61	CBS
9 PM	The Chase	0.30	3.7	2.89	ABC
	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.18	2.2	1.82	NBC
	So Help Me Todd (R)	0.16	2.0	2.15	CBS
	Stars on Mars (R)	0.10	1.2	0.53	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.03	0.4	0.37	The CW
10 PM	Press Your Luck (R)	0.25	3.2	2.14	ABC
	CSI: Vegas (R)	0.14	1.9	1.77	CBS
	Magnum PI (R)	0.13	1.7	1.57	NBC