Thursday TV Ratings 10/3/24: Law & Order Rises for Premiere, SVU and Found Return Down, Doctor Odyssey Slides [+ Analysis]
Ratings Analysis: It was a night of season premieres on NBC, and Law & Order (0.36) was up slightly from its spring finale (0.35) in its return. Law & Order: SVU (0.40), however, was a hundredth short of where it left off (0.41). In the 10 p.m. hour, Found (0.22) started off its sophomore season with a new series low. On ABC, 9-1-1 (0.42, -0.05) and Doctor Odyssey (0.31, -0.09) plunged, but Grey's Anatomy (0.31, +0.01) actually ticked up. CBS's Big Brother (0.53, -0.04) fell behind last week's rating. On Fox, Hell's Kitchen (0.23, -0.03) shed a few hundredths, but Crime Scene Kitchen (0.16, 0.00) matched its week-ago premiere. The series premieres of Scrabble (0.06) and Trivial Pursuit (0.09) were solid by CW standards. Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.
'Celebrity Big Brother' Set at CBS for Winter 2018
Chen will reprise her hosting duties in the offshoot, with Alison Grodner and Rich Meehan executive producing. CBS All Access will remain the hub for 24/7 live feeds, as Pop TV serves up more unfiltered Big Brother After Dark. The classic components of the series known by fans, including Head of Household, Power of Veto, and live evictions, will carry over as the show plans to air multiple nights each week. Further details on casting and specific scheduling are unclear. While CBS is notably taking its first dive into a celebrity-infused Big Brother, the franchise at large has already spawned a successful celebrity branch, with the U.K. recently concluding its 20th season of Celebrity Big Brother since launching in 2001.
What do you think of this news? Will you watch the first-ever U.S. celebrity edition of Big Brother? How do you see this effecting the network's winter scheduling? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Five Questions: Franchise Edition
Here's the next edition of Five Questions, where I provide open-ended ratings-related questions and we all answer them in the comment section below. Whoever provides the most thoughtful answers and responds to others' answers on this edition will get the chance to ask a bonus question on the next edition, so comment away even if you never have before! As usual I'll also provide my answers in the comments below.1. Of the Law & Order and NCIS franchises, which will be the last to still have a show on the air running new episodes? What about in syndication?
2. How many shows will the Chicago franchise produce in total?
3. Will we see a sitcom franchise in the near future?
4. Will there ever be a primetime spin-off of Big Brother?
5. Will there be a new show to enter the CSI franchise (or a revival of the mothership), and if so when would it be?
The TV Ratings Guide Weekly: Week Ending 9/13
Broadcast Networks:
Rank
|
Network
|
A18-49 Rating
|
Total Viewers (in millions)
|
Total Viewers Ranking
|
1
|
NBC
|
3.7
|
11.285
|
1
|
2
|
CBS
|
1.2
|
6.025
|
2
|
3
|
ABC
|
1.1
|
4.278
|
3
|
4
|
Univision
|
0.8
|
2.361
|
4
|
5
|
FOX
|
0.7
|
2.133
|
5
|
6
|
The
CW
|
0.3
|
1.053
|
6
|
Rank
|
Program
|
A18-49 Rating
|
Overall A18-49 Rank
|
Total Viewers (in millions)
|
Overall Viewer Rank
|
1
|
NFL Football-09/10
|
10.3
|
1
|
27.40
|
1
|
2
|
Sunday Night Football-09/13
|
10.1
|
2
|
26.77
|
2
|
3
|
America’s Got
Talent-09/08
|
2.1
|
7
|
10.53
|
4
|
4
|
America’s Got Talent-09/09
|
1.8
|
9
|
9.46
|
6
|
5
|
American
Ninja Warrior-09/07
|
1.7
|
10
|
6.20
|
13
|
6
|
Hollywood Game Night-09/08
|
1.2
|
16
|
4.63
|
23
|
7
|
Dateline-09/11
|
1.1
|
18
|
5.50
|
16
|
8
|
Last Comic Standing-09/09
|
1.1
|
19
|
4.38
|
28
|
9
|
The
Carmichael Show-09/09
|
1.0
|
22
|
4.60
|
24
|
10
|
Running Wild with Bear Grylls-09/07
|
1.0
|
27
|
2.83
|
45
|
11
|
The
Carmichael Show-09/09
|
0.9
|
31
|
3.80
|
38
|
12
|
American Ninja Warrior-R-09/12
|
0.7
|
41T
|
2.05
|
57
|
13
|
Running Wild
with Bear Grylls-R-09/12
|
0.3
|
73T
|
1.24
|
70
|
FOX:
Rank
|
Program
|
A18-49 Rating
|
Overall A18-49 Rank
|
Total Viewers (in millions)
|
Overall Viewer Rank
|
1
|
Masterchef-09/09
|
1.5
|
12
|
4.83
|
20
|
2
|
Home Free-09/09
|
1.1
|
17
|
3.83
|
37
|
3
|
Bob’s Burgers-R-09/13
|
1.0
|
25
|
2.47
|
50
|
4
|
The Simpsons-R-09/13
|
1.0
|
24
|
2.32
|
52
|
5
|
Bob’s Burgers-R-09/13
|
0.9
|
34
|
2.07
|
56
|
6
|
Family Guy-R-09/13
|
0.8
|
39
|
1.60
|
63
|
7
|
So You Think
You Can Dance-09/07
|
0.7
|
41T
|
2.64
|
48
|
8
|
Are You Smarter Than A 5th
Grader?-09/08
|
0.7
|
41T
|
2.53
|
49
|
9
|
Brooklyn
Nine-Nine-R-09/13
|
0.6
|
51T
|
1.48
|
65
|
10
|
Brooklyn Nine-Nine-R-09/08
|
0.6
|
51T
|
1.39
|
68
|
11
|
Bones-R-09/10
|
0.5
|
57T
|
2.19
|
53
|
12
|
Boom!-09/10
|
0.5
|
57T
|
1.85
|
60
|
13
|
The Last Man
on Earth-R-09/13
|
0.5
|
57T
|
1.20
|
71
|
14
|
Bob’s Burgers-R-09/13
|
0.5
|
57T
|
1.16
|
73
|
15
|
The Last Man
on Earth-R-09/08
|
0.4
|
66T
|
1.08
|
75
|
16
|
Bullseye-R-09/12
|
0.3
|
73T
|
1.03
|
77
|
17
|
Home Free-R-09/12
|
0.2
|
78T
|
1.04
|
76
|
18
|
Gotham-R-09/11
|
0.2
|
78T
|
0.69
|
79
|
ABC:
Rank
|
Program
|
A18-49 Rating
|
Overall A18-49 Rank
|
Total Viewers (in millions)
|
Overall Viewer Rank
|
1
|
Saturday
Night Football-09/12
|
2.5
|
4
|
7.90
|
8
|
2
|
2015 Miss America Competition-09/13
|
1.5
|
13
|
7.10
|
9
|
3
|
Bachelor In Paradise-09/07
|
1.5
|
14
|
4.82
|
21
|
4
|
Bachelor In Paradise: After
Paradise-09/07
|
1.1
|
20
|
3.95
|
34
|
5
|
Shark Tank-R-09/13
|
1.0
|
23
|
4.14
|
30
|
6
|
Modern Family-R-09/09
|
1.0
|
29
|
3.45
|
41
|
7
|
Shark Tank-R-09/10
|
0.9
|
32
|
4.04
|
33
|
8
|
20/20-09/11
|
0.9
|
33
|
3.74
|
39
|
9
|
Shark Tank-R-09/07
|
0.9
|
35
|
4.10
|
32
|
10
|
Shark Tank-R-09/08
|
0.8
|
36
|
3.26
|
43
|
11
|
Shark Tank-R-09/09
|
0.8
|
37
|
3.64
|
40
|
12
|
black-ish-R-09/09
|
0.8
|
38
|
2.73
|
46
|
13
|
America’s
Funniest Home Videos-R-09/13
|
0.7
|
41T
|
4.53
|
25
|
14
|
Shark Tank-R-09/11
|
0.7
|
41T
|
2.73
|
47
|
15
|
Extreme
Weight Loss-09/08
|
0.6
|
51T
|
2.09
|
55
|
16
|
Scandal-R-09/10
|
0.5
|
57T
|
2.42
|
51
|
17
|
Nashville-R-09/09
|
0.5
|
57T
|
1.98
|
59
|
18
|
How to Get Away With Murder-R-09/10
|
0.4
|
66T
|
2.12
|
54
|
19
|
Marvel’s
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.-R-09/08
|
0.4
|
66T
|
1.67
|
61
|
Rank
|
Program
|
A18-49 Rating
|
Overall A18-49 Rank
|
Total Viewers (in millions)
|
Overall Viewer Rank
|
1
|
60 Minutes-R-09/13
|
2.7
|
3
|
11.46
|
3
|
2
|
Big Brother-09/13
|
2.3
|
5
|
7.02
|
10
|
3
|
Big Brother-09/09
|
2.1
|
6
|
6.56
|
11
|
4
|
Big Brother-09/10
|
2.0
|
8
|
6.08
|
14
|
5
|
The Big Bang
Theory-R-09/10
|
1.6
|
11
|
9.67
|
5
|
6
|
The Big Bang Theory-R-09/07
|
1.3
|
15
|
6.42
|
12
|
7
|
Mom-R-09/10
|
1.1
|
21
|
5.35
|
18
|
8
|
CBS Fall Preview-09/07
|
1.0
|
26
|
4.94
|
19
|
9
|
Zoo-09/08
|
1.0
|
28
|
5.73
|
15
|
10
|
NCIS-R-09/08
|
1.0
|
30
|
8.42
|
7
|
11
|
Under the
Dome-09/10
|
0.8
|
40
|
4.23
|
29
|
12
|
NCIS: Los Angeles-R-09/07
|
0.7
|
41T
|
5.37
|
17
|
13
|
48 Hours-09/12
|
0.7
|
41T
|
4.46
|
27
|
14
|
Extant-09/09
|
0.7
|
41T
|
4.51
|
26
|
15
|
Scorpion-R-09/07
|
0.7
|
41T
|
4.71
|
22
|
16
|
CSI: Cyber-R-09/13
|
0.6
|
51T
|
3.27
|
42
|
17
|
Madam
Secretary-R-09/13
|
0.6
|
51T
|
3.18
|
44
|
18
|
NCIS: Los Angeles-R-09/12
|
0.5
|
57T
|
4.13
|
31
|
19
|
NCIS-R-09/12
|
0.5
|
57T
|
3.94
|
35
|
20
|
Blue Bloods-R-09/11
|
0.5
|
57T
|
2.02
|
58
|
21
|
Hawaii Five-0-R-09/11
|
0.4
|
66T
|
3.90
|
36
|
CW:
Rank
|
Program
|
A18-49 Rating
|
Overall A18-49 Rank
|
Total Viewers (in millions)
|
Overall Viewer Rank
|
1
|
America’s
Next Top Model-09/09
|
0.6
|
51T
|
1.40
|
67
|
2
|
Penn & Teller: Fool Us-R-09/11
|
0.4
|
66T
|
1.50
|
64
|
3
|
Penn &
Teller: Fool Us-R-09/07
|
0.4
|
66T
|
1.41
|
66
|
4
|
The Flash-R-09/08
|
0.4
|
66T
|
1.15
|
74
|
5
|
Whose Line Is
It Anyway-R-09/07
|
0.3
|
73T
|
1.18
|
72
|
6
|
Masters of Illusion-09/11
|
0.3
|
73T
|
1.64
|
62
|
7
|
Whose Line Is
It Anyway-R-09/11
|
0.3
|
73T
|
1.32
|
69
|
8
|
iZombie-R-09/08
|
0.2
|
78T
|
0.68
|
80
|
9
|
A Wicked
Offer-09/09
|
0.2
|
78T
|
0.68
|
81
|
10
|
Beauty and the Beast-09/10
|
0.2
|
78T
|
0.76
|
78
|
11
|
Significant
Mother-R-09/07
|
0.2
|
78T
|
0.65
|
82
|
12
|
Arrow-R-09/10
|
0.1
|
84
|
0.60
|
83
|
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