Thursday TV Ratings 7/20/23: The Chase Rises for Finale, Generation Gap Also Rises, Women’s World Cup Off to Decent Start (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's 'The Chase' (0.35, +0.02) grew by two-hundredths for its finale and led into another rerun of 'Press Your Luck' (0.28). Earlier in the night, 'Generation Gap' (0.41, +0.04) staged an even bigger rebound than 'Chase'. Fox's broadcast of the 'FIFA Women's World Cup' (0.35) performed quite well in the 10:30 p.m. time slot. This was especially impressive since the game aired after feeble  reruns of 'Alert: Missing Persons Unit' (0.12) and 'Stars on Mars' (0.11). CBS went with repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.23), 'Ghosts' (0.19), 'So Help Me Todd' (0.14), and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14). NBC had encores of 'Password' (0.21) and 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.16/0.17). The CW had repeat showings of 'Walker' (0.03) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.04).

Finals Update: 'FIFA Women's World Cup: Nigeria v. Canada' (+0.1) adjusted up. Repeats of 'Stars on Mars' (-0.1) and 'Alert' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Thursday TV Ratings 7/13/23: The Blacklist Slightly Up in Two-Hour Series Finale, Generation Gap and The Chase Slip (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: A 10-season run came to an end on NBC as 'The Blacklist' (0.26, +0.06/0.22, -0.04) aired its two-hour series finale. Though the long-running drama did jump to a new season high at 8, it dropped by four-hundredths for the 9 p.m. episode. Considering this is a show that aired for nearly a decade, it clearly went out with a whimper. The peacock network aired a 'Magnum PI' rerun (0.14) in the 10 p.m. time slot. Over on ABC, game shows 'Generation Gap' (0.37, -0.07) and 'The Chase' (0.33, -0.04) dealt with sizable blows. Despite the declines, the 10 p.m. encore of 'Press Your Luck' (0.30) was even with its week-ago showing. Reruns of 'Young Sheldon' (0.28), 'Ghosts' (0.24), 'So Help Me Todd' (0.19), and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14) were mostly up on CBS. Repeats of 'Alert: Missing Persons Unit' (0.11) and 'Stars on Mars' (0.09) completely underwhelmed on Fox. The CW had repeat showings of 'Walker' (0.03) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.05).

Finals Update: 'The Blacklist' at 8 PM (+0.1) adjusted up.

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Thursday TV Ratings 7/6/23: The Chase and Generation Gap Rise, The Blacklist Declines (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: 'Generation Gap' (0.44, +0.09) and 'The Chase' (0.37, +0.07) both soared past their week-ago premieres on ABC, with 'Gap' registering as the top-rated program of the evening. In the 10 p.m. hour, a rerun of 'Press Your Luck' (0.30) also improved when compared to last week. NBC's 'The Blacklist' (0.20, -0.05) took a hit and barely beat out the 9 p.m. repeat of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.19). The 10 o'clock encore of 'Magnum PI' (0.15) was up by two-hundredths from the June 29th one. Reruns of 'Young Sheldon' (0.25) and 'Ghosts' (0.18) declined on CBS, while encores of 'So Help Me Todd' (0.16) and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14) were flat. Fox had another round of reruns in the form of 'Alert: Missing Persons Unit' (0.13) and 'Stars on Mars' (0.11). 'Walker' (0.03) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.03) were in repeat-mode on The CW.

Finals Update: 'The Chase' (+0.1) and the repeat of 'So Help Me Todd' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Thursday TV Ratings 6/29/23: Generation Gap and The Chase Rise in Premieres, The Blacklist Also Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Season two of game show 'Generation Gap' (0.35) got off to a healthy start on ABC. Though this was over a tenth lower than last year's debut (0.46), it was a few ticks higher than the show's September 2022 finale (0.32). At 9, 'The Chase' (0.30) went six-hundredths above its last original from February (0.24). A repeat of 'Press Your Luck' (0.25) closed out the alphabet network's night of premieres. On NBC, 'The Blacklist' (0.25, +0.04) rebounded and led into repeats of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.18) and 'Magnum P.I.' (0.13). CBS's reruns of 'Young Sheldon' (0.32), 'Ghosts' (0.21), 'So Help Me Todd' (0.16), and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14) crushed Fox's encores of 'Alert' (0.15) and 'Stars on Mars' (0.10). The CW had another round of repeats in the form of 'Walker' (0.04) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.03). 

Finals Update: The repeat of 'So Help Me Todd' (+0.1) adjusted up.