Thursday TV Ratings 2/22/24: Law & Order Jumps with Sam Waterston Exit, Ghosts Collapses, So Help Me Todd and Next Level Chef Also Sink (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: NBC's Law & Order (0.47, +0.09) was up by nearly a full tenth for the Sam Waterston exit episode and helped SVU (0.58, +0.06) and Organized Crime (0.41, +0.03) grow along with it. On CBS, Young Sheldon (0.53, -0.10), Ghosts (0.44, -0.23), and So Help Me Todd (0.29, -0.09) plummeted in week two, but it was Ghosts that took the most alarming drop of the three. Fox's Next Level Chef (0.29, -0.15) and Farmer Wants a Wife (0.17, -0.07) also crumbled. ABC re-ran American Idol (0.30) and Will Trent (0.16). Reruns of The Conners (0.09/0.07) remained a strong option for the CW, but Son of a Critch (0.04, -0.02) and Children Ruin Everything (0.02, -0.02) still slipped.

Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary rounded ratings.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Young Sheldon	0.53	6	7.14	CBS
	Law & Order	0.47	5	4.87	NBC
	American Idol (R)	0.30	3	2.33	ABC
	Next Level Chef	0.29	3	1.93	Fox
	The Conners (R)	0.09	1	0.44	CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts	0.44	5	6.05	CBS
	The Conners (R)	0.07	1	0.39	CW
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU	0.58	6	5.07	NBC
	So Help Me Todd	0.29	3	4.27	CBS
	Farmer Wants a Wife	0.17	2	1.59	Fox
	Son of a Critch	0.04	0	0.28	CW
9:30 PM	Children Ruin Everything	0.02	0	0.16	CW
10 PM	Law & Order: Organized Crime	0.41	5	3.59	NBC
	Tracker (R)	0.18	2	2.44	CBS
	Will Trent (R)	0.16	2	1.38	ABC