Thursday TV Ratings 2/8/24: NFL Honors Drop from 2023, SVU Remains #1, Farmer Wants a Wife and Law & Order Drop (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: CBS's broadcast of the NFL Honors ceremony (0.33) outpaced the reruns of Young Sheldon (0.32) and Ghosts (0.26) that preceded it but was down by 15% from last year's NBC showing (0.39). Law & Order (0.38, -0.04) and SVU (0.52, -0.02) fell on NBC, but Organized Crime (0.38, +0.02) improved at 10. Fox's Next Level Chef (0.39, +0.01) ticked up, while Farmer Wants a Wife (0.22, -0.04) set a new series low. ABC got a decent rating out of Truth and Lies: Fatal Dive to the Titanic (0.30), while The CW had some strong encores of The Conners (0.10/0.09). Son of a Critch (0.05, +0.01) and Children Ruin Everything (0.04, +0.01) perked up from there.

Finals Update: The repeat of Ghosts (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Next Level Chef	0.39	5	2.11	Fox
	Law & Order	0.38	4	4.56	NBC
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.32	4	4.00	CBS
	Truth and Lies: Fatal Dive to the Titanic	0.30	3	2.61	ABC
	The Conners (R)	0.10	1	0.42	CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.26	3	3.20	CBS
	The Conners (R)	0.09	1	0.44	CW
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU	0.52	6	4.82	NBC
	The 13th Annual NFL Honors	0.33	4	2.48	CBS
	Farmer Wants a Wife	0.22	2	1.83	Fox
	Son of a Critch	0.05	1	0.30	CW
9:30 PM	Children Ruin Everything	0.04	1	0.24	CW
10 PM	Law & Order: Organized Crime	0.38	5	3.51	NBC
	Will Trent (R)	0.14	2	1.31	ABC