Thursday TV Ratings 1/20/22: Young Sheldon Rises to Season High, Women of the Movement Ends Down, SVU and Organized Crime Also Decline (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC miniseries 'Women of the Movement' (0.40, -0.05) and docuseries 'Let the World See' (0.31, -0.07) lost some ground for their finales, with each program dropping to its lowest rating on record. Fox's lineup remained just as dismal as the week before as 'Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer' (0.32, -0.03) shed three-hundreds from its previous episode. Sitcoms 'Call Me Kat' (0.31, +0.01) and 'Pivoting' (0.26, +0.03) inched up from their disastrous debuts but did not grow enough to seem meaningfully stronger. CBS got a season high out of 'Young Sheldon' (0.83, +0.10) and minor upticks from 'Ghosts' (0.68, +0.03) & 'B Positive' (0.50, +0.01). 'United States of Al' (0.53) held flat at 8:30, and recently-canceled 'Bull' (0.38, -0.04) forfeited four-hundredths at 10. NBC's 'The Blacklist' (0.41, +0.01) got back a single hundredth as 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.63, -0.04) ticked down and 'Organized Crime' (0.49, -0.06) fell to a new low. The CW's 'Walker' (0.14, +0.03) gained three-hundredths and led into a 'Legacies' rerun (0.06).

Finals Update: 'Women of the Movement' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Thursday TV Ratings 1/13/22: Disastrous Timeslot Debuts for Call Me Kat and Pivoting, Ghosts Slips from High, Young Sheldon Tops the Night (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Though football kept them afloat on premiere night, there was no saving Fox comedies 'Call Me Kat' (0.30, -0.92) and 'Pivoting' (0.23, -0.37) in their timeslot debuts. While a sharp decline was to be expected, the two sitcoms were down a dreadful 75% and 62% respectively from what they garnered just four days prior (1.22/0.60). In particular, 'Call Me Kat' fell behind every single rating it posted in season one. Airing before the comedy catastrophe, reality effort 'Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer' (0.35, -0.04) dropped by four-hundredths from its mediocre start. On CBS, sitcom anchors 'Young Sheldon' (0.73, -0.01) and 'Ghosts' (0.65, -0.05) dealt with some minor slippage, but 'United States of Al' (0.53, +0.03), 'B Positive' (0.49, +0.03), and 'Bull' (0.42, +0.04) all rose from their midseason returns. ABC miniseries 'Women of the Movement' (0.45, +0.02) gained two-hundredths in week two as docuseries 'Let the World See' (0.38, -0.02) fell by the same amount. NBC's 'The Blacklist' (0.40, -0.02) ticked down while 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.67, +0.05) and 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' (0.55, +0.04) picked up a few hundredths each. The CW's 'Walker' (0.11, -0.04) forfeited four-hundredths and led into a 'Legacies' encore (0.05).

Finals Update: 'Law & Order: SVU' (+0.1), 'Ghosts' (+0.1), 'Joe Millionaire' (+0.1), and 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Thursday TV Ratings 1/6/22: Women of the Movement and Joe Millionaire Have Modest Debuts, Young Sheldon Leads, Ghosts Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS enjoyed renewed prosperity in the new year as 'Young Sheldon' (0.74, +0.08), 'Ghosts' (0.70, +0.16), and 'Bull' (0.38, +0.11) all shot up to season highs. Freshman sitcom 'Ghosts' experienced the largest surge of the pack and had its strongest showing to date in both the Adults 18-49 demographic and total viewers. Sophomore comedies 'United States of Al' (0.50, +0.05) and 'B Positive' (0.46, +0.04) remained largely unimpressive at 8:30 and 9:30 respectively but each picked up a few hundredths. On NBC, 'The Blacklist' (0.42, +0.11) and 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.62, +0.05) improved from their lackluster fall finales, but 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' (0.51, -0.11) lost a tenth at 10. ABC's new miniseries 'Women of the Movement' (0.43) and docuseries 'Let the World See' (0.40) were fairly modest on premiere night but still outdid Fox's series debut of 'Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer' (0.39). The CW offered up reruns of 'Walker' (0.09) and 'Legacies' (0.06).

Finals Update: 'Ghosts' (+0.1) and 'B Positive' (+0.1) adjusted up.