Thursday TV Ratings 1/18/24: Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order Soar for Premieres, Organized Crime Returns Slightly Up, Press Your Luck Hits Season High (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The scripted rollout continued on NBC, and the results mostly remained positive. Law & Order (0.48) and Law & Order: Organized Crime (0.46) were way down from their Sept. 2022 premieres (0.60/0.62) but a good bit above their May 2023 finales (0.34/0.41). SVU (0.62) was a lot healthier in the middle, down just seven-hundredths from Sept. 2022 (0.69) and almost two-tenths above its May 2023 closer (0.44). On ABC, Press Your Luck (0.43, +0.04) hit another season high after setting one just last week and was followed by repeats of itself (0.31/0.23). Hell's Kitchen (0.41, 0.00) held flat on Fox, while Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip (0.18, +0.02) got a little less ugly in week two. CBS re-ran Young Sheldon (0.20), Ghosts (0.14), and SEAL Team (0.13/0.12). Son of a Critch (0.04) was stable on the CW, but repeats of The Conners (0.03/0.03) and Children Ruin Everything (0.02) were down.

Finals Update: Law & Order: Organized Crime (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Law & Order (P)	0.48	6	5.19	NBC
	Press Your Luck	0.43	5	3.12	ABC
	Hell's Kitchen	0.41	4	2.39	Fox
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.20	2	3.47	CBS
	Son of a Critch	0.04	0	0.36	CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.14	1	2.65	CBS
	The Conners (R)	0.03	0	0.28	CW
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU (P)	0.62	7	5.66	NBC
	Press Your Luck (R)	0.31	4	2.48	ABC
	Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip	0.18	2	1.06	Fox
	SEAL Team	0.13	2	1.70	CBS
	The Conners (R)	0.03	0	0.34	CW
9:30 PM	Children Ruin Everything	0.02	0	0.26	CW
10 PM	Law & Order: Organized Crime (P)	0.46	6	3.90	NBC
	Press Your Luck (R) SEAL Team	0.23 0.12	3 2	1.82 1.50	ABC CBS