Thursday TV Ratings 8/17/23: Generation Gap and The Prank Panel Rise, Big Brother Leads the Night, FBoy Island Hits New Low (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: 'Generation Gap' (0.39, +0.11) and 'The Prank Panel' (0.28, +0.04) climbed higher on ABC, barreling past the series lows they posted a week ago and two weeks ago respectively. At 10, a 'Claim to Fame' encore (0.12) placed third (or last) in its time slot. CBS's 'Big Brother' (0.59, -0.03) was down by three-hundredths from Wednesday, and 'The Challenge: USA' (0.28, -0.01) dropped by a hundredth when compared to Sunday's telecast. Repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.29) and 'Ghosts' (0.26) occupied the 8 p.m. hour. 'Fight to Survive' (0.04, -0.02) and 'FBOY Island' (0.02, -0.01) dipped on the CW. Fox had little luck with 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (0.22) and lost to a repeat of NBC's 'Password' (0.23) head-on. NBC also re-ran 'Law & Order: SVU' at 9 p.m. (0.15) and 10 p.m. (0.16).

Finals Update: Repeats of 'Password' (-0.1) and 'Claim to Fame' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Generation Gap	0.39	5	3.00	ABC
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.29	4	3.29	CBS
	Password (R)	0.23	4	2.26	NBC
	MLB: Regional Coverage	0.22	3	1.36	Fox
	Fight to Survive	0.04	1	0.26	The CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.26	3	2.61	CBS
9 PM	Big Brother	0.59	7	3.07	CBS
	The Prank Panel	0.28	3	1.62	ABC
	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.15	2	1.97	NBC
	FBOY Island	0.02	0	0.17	The CW
10 PM	The Challenge: USA	0.28	4	1.42	CBS
	Law & Order (R)	0.16	2	1.96	NBC
	Claim to Fame (R)	0.12	2	0.94	ABC