Thursday TV Ratings 5/14/26: SVU and Law & Order Tick Up for Finales, Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Modest, MIA Decent for Broadcast Preview [+ Analysis]

It was finale night for Law & Order (0.29, +0.02) and Law & Order: SVU (0.32, +0.01) on NBC, and both shows were up slightly as they closed out their respective seasons. At ten, a special showing of the Peacock series M.I.A. (0.19) was a hair above the previous week's Hunting Party finale (0.18). On CBS, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (0.38, +0.09) and Ghosts (0.35, +0.08) both bounced back after last week's damaging drops, while Elsbeth (0.19, -0.01) dipped. Celebrity Jeopardy! (0.33, 0.00) was steady on ABC. On Fox, Next Level Chef (0.23, 0.00) was stable and led into the modest debut of Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear (0.16). Scrabble (0.03, +0.01) inched up on the CW, while Trivial Pursuit (0.04, 0.00) was flat. Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage	0.38	6	5.78	CBS
	Celebrity Jeopardy!	0.33	5	3.50	ABC
	Law & Order (F)	0.29	4	3.98	NBC
	Next Level Chef	0.23	3	1.67	Fox
	Scrabble	0.03	0	0.31	CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts	0.35	5	4.36	CBS
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU (F)	0.32	5	4.11	NBC
	Elsbeth	0.19	3	3.82	CBS
	Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear (P)	0.16	2	1.01	Fox
	9-1-1: Nashville (R)	0.14	2	2.06	ABC
	Trivial Pursuit	0.04	1	0.45	CW
10 PM	M.I.A. (Broadcast Preview)	0.19	3	2.40	NBC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.12	2	2.13	CBS
	9-1-1: Nashville (R)	0.10	2	1.71	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NHL Playoffs	TNT	0.36	1.47
Hannity	Fox News	0.18	2.92
NHL Playoffs	TruTV	0.18	0.43
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.25
Fox News @ Night	Fox News	0.16	2.16
Jersey Shore Family Vacation	MTV	0.09	0.24
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.08	1.12
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.07	1.01
NewsNight	CNN	0.07	0.86
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	0.79
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.77
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.04	0.95