Thursday TV Ratings 10/2/25: Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU Dip to New Lows, Hell’s Kitchen Rises, MLB Wild Card on ESPN Dominates [+ Analysis]

On NBC, Law & Order (0.21, -0.02) and Law & Order: SVU (0.26, -0.02) dropped from returns that were already disappointing, and Organized Crime (0.20) occupied the 10 p.m. hour. ABC aired repeats of 9-1-1 (0.14/0.13/0.09) that were on par with CBS's encores of Elsbeth (0.14/0.13/0.09). Over on Fox, Hell's Kitchen (0.22, +0.04) was up from last week, but Special Forces (0.16, 0.00) made no movement. The CW's Police 24/7 (0.02, -0.01) dipped. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Hell's Kitchen	0.22	3	1.73	Fox
	Law & Order	0.21	2	3.65	NBC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.14	2	2.04	CBS
	9-1-1 (R)	0.14	2	1.93	ABC
	Police 24/7	0.02	0	0.42	CW
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU	0.26	3	3.89	NBC
	Special Forces: World's Toughest Test	0.16	2	1.30	Fox
	9-1-1 (R)	0.13	1	1.59	ABC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.13	1	1.74	CBS
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.04	0	0.42	CW
10 PM	Law & Order: Organized Crime	0.20	2	2.93	NBC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.09	1	1.67	CBS
	9-1-1 (R)	0.09	1	1.18	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
MLB Wild Card: Red Sox v. Yankees	ESPN	1.67	7.44
MLB Wild Card: Red Sox v. Yankees	ESPN2	0.19	0.91
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.19	2.82
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.12	3.08
Hannity	Fox News	0.12	2.46
Real Housewives of Orange County	Bravo	0.10	0.55
Real Housewives of Miami	Bravo	0.06	0.31
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.53
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.50
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.04	0.52
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.04	1.08
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.04	0.88
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.03	0.92
English Teacher	FX	0.02	0.09