Ratings Analysis: 'Generation Gap' (0.44, +0.09) and 'The Chase' (0.37, +0.07) both soared past their week-ago premieres on ABC, with 'Gap' registering as the top-rated program of the evening. In the 10 p.m. hour, a rerun of 'Press Your Luck' (0.30) also improved when compared to last week. NBC's 'The Blacklist' (0.20, -0.05) took a hit and barely beat out the 9 p.m. repeat of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.19). The 10 o'clock encore of 'Magnum PI' (0.15) was up by two-hundredths from the June 29th one. Reruns of 'Young Sheldon' (0.25) and 'Ghosts' (0.18) declined on CBS, while encores of 'So Help Me Todd' (0.16) and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14) were flat. Fox had another round of reruns in the form of 'Alert: Missing Persons Unit' (0.13) and 'Stars on Mars' (0.11). 'Walker' (0.03) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.03) were in repeat-mode on The CW.
Finals Update: 'The Chase' (+0.1) and the repeat of 'So Help Me Todd' (+0.1) adjusted up.
(R) = repeat