Thursday TV Ratings 2/5/26: NFL Honors Soar Above 2025 Rating, Winter Olympics Preview Strong, Next Level Chef and Animal Control Dip [+ Analysis]

NBC had a strong night overall as an Olympics preview special (0.45) dominated, and the NFL Honors (0.69) rose by a whopping 57% from last year (0.44). On Fox, Next Level Chef (0.26, -0.03), Animal Control (0.17, -0.04), and Going Dutch (0.13, -0.06) all declined. CBS aired encores of Georgie & Mandy (0.21), Ghosts (0.14), Matlock (0.12), and Elsbeth (0.09). ABC went with a trio of 9-1-1 repeats (0.25/0.21/0.12). Scrabble (0.04, -0.01) slipped on the CW, but Trivial Pursuit (0.06, +0.02) rose. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time

Show

18-49 Rating

18-49 Share

Viewers (mil)

Network

8 PM2026 Milan Cortina Olympics: Ice, Snow & Glory0.4563.81NBC

Next Level Chef0.2641.81Fox

9-1-1 (R)0.2532.96ABC

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (R)0.2133.45CBS

Scrabble0.0410.44CW
8:30 PMGhosts (R)0.1422.39CBS
9 PM2026 NFL Honors0.69103.73NBC

9-1-1 (R)0.2132.50ABC

Animal Control0.1721.06Fox

Matlock (R)0.1222.13CBS

Trivial Pursuit0.0610.47CW
9:30 PMGoing Dutch0.1320.88Fox
10 PM9-1-1 (R)0.1222.00ABC

Elsbeth (R)0.0911.74CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show

Network

18-49 Viewers

Viewers (mil.)

Jesse Watters PrimetimeFox News0.213.64
Impractical JokersTruTV0.210.63
2026 NFL HonorsNFL0.190.76
Gutfeld!Fox News0.193.33
HannityFox News0.153.18
Women's College Basketball 9 PMESPN0.150.82
Real Housewives of Beverly HillsBravo0.130.81
Women's College Basketball 7 PMESPN0.120.55
Men's College Basketball 6:30 PMFS10.090.38
All In with Chris HayesMSNOW0.091.23
NewsNightCNN0.090.84
The Last Word with Lawrence O'DonnellMSNOW0.081.45
The Briefing with Jen PsakiMSNOW0.081.23
The Source with Kaitlan CollinsCNN0.080.95
Anderson Cooper 360CNN0.070.94
The Valley: Persian StyleBravo0.050.38
Men's College Basketball 8:30 PMFS10.040.28
Men's College Basketball 7 PMESPN20.040.29
Women's College Basketball 7 PMBig Ten0.030.24

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