Thursday TV Ratings 4/30/26: Ghosts Jumps to Season High, Elsbeth Rises in Earlier Time Slot, 9-1-1: Nashville Returns Much Lower [+ Analysis]

CBS's Ghosts (0.40, +0.06) jumped to a new season high on Thursday, making it the night's highest-rated scripted broadcast in the Adults 18-49 demographic. Surrounding programs Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (0.35, +0.02) and Elsbeth (0.20, +0.05) were also up. On ABC, 9-1-1 (0.31, -0.06) and 9-1-1: Nashville (0.17, -0.10) significantly weakened after an extended break. At ten, Grey's Anatomy (0.17, -0.02) also returned down but less so. On NBC, Law & Order (0.24, +0.04) and Law & Order: SVU (0.26, +0.01) rose, but The Hunting Party (0.13, -0.03) declined. Next Level Chef (0.23, +0.02) ticked up on Fox. Scrabble (0.06, +0.03) and Trivial Pursuit (0.06, +0.02) both bounced back on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage	0.35	5	5.61	CBS
	9-1-1	0.31	4	3.97	ABC
	Law & Order	0.24	3	3.48	NBC
	Next Level Chef	0.23	3	1.59	Fox
	Scrabble	0.06	1	0.42	CW
8:30 PM	Ghosts	0.40	5	4.45	CBS
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU	0.26	3	3.58	NBC
	Elsbeth	0.20	3	3.61	CBS
	9-1-1: Nashville	0.17	2	3.07	ABC
	Animal Control (R)	0.13	2	0.73	Fox
	Trivial Pursuit	0.06	1	0.49	CW
9:30 PM	Animal Control (R)	0.11	1	0.68	Fox
10 PM	Grey's Anatomy	0.17	2	2.21	ABC
	The Hunting Party	0.13	2	2.13	NBC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.12	2	2.09	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA Playoffs	ESPN	0.94	3.32
NHL Playoffs	NHL	0.41	1.54
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.19	3.09
NHL Playoffs	TruTV	0.18	0.48
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.37
Hannity	Fox News	0.16	2.83
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Bravo	0.12	0.81
NewsNight	CNN	0.10	0.78
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.07	1.42
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.06	1.27
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.05	0.63
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.68
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.05	1.16
That Thrifting Show	Freeform	0.04	0.18
Ladies of London: A New Reign	Bravo	0.03	0.28