Thursday TV Ratings 9/5/24: NFL Down from 2023 Kickoff in Demo Despite Rising in Viewers, Lucky 13 Rises [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: NBC's Ravens v. Chiefs NFL game (6.61) was down a bit from last year's Lions v. Chiefs game (6.85) in the Adults 18-49 demographic but still topped the night. On CBS, Big Brother (0.56, -0.08) dropped from last week's episode. ABC's Lucky 13 (0.19, +0.03) was up, even as Press Your Luck (0.19) went into repeat-mode. Fox aired a repeat of MasterChef (0.10). The CW had original episodes of Totally Funny Animals (0.03) and Totally Funny Kids (0.04). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NFL Kickoff	3.42	41	15.58	NBC
	Big Brother	0.56	5	3.09	CBS
	Press Your Luck (R)	0.19	2	1.99	ABC
	MasterChef (R)	0.10	1	0.69	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.04	0	0.39	CW
8:30 PM	NFL: Ravens v. Chiefs	6.61	56	24.56	NBC
9 PM	Lucky 13	0.19	2	1.78	ABC
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.18	2	1.46	CBS
	Totally Funny Animals	0.03	0	0.32	CW
9:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.15	1	1.22	CBS
	Totally Funny Kids	0.04	0	0.30	CW
10 PM	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (R)	0.14	1	1.28	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.12	1	1.05	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
US Open Tennis	ESPN	0.19	1.11
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.18	3.07
Real Housewives of Orange County	Bravo	0.13	0.61
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.11	2.25
Impractical Jokers	TruTV	0.05	0.24