Thursday TV Ratings 5/23/24: Elsbeth Rises for Finale at Special Time, Don’t Forget the Lyrics Ties Low in Return, Station 19 Hits Another Low as 9-1-1 Rises [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: CBS's Elsbeth (0.28, +0.02) was bumped up an hour on finale night and grew slightly as a result. The Price Is Right At Night (0.36, +0.01) also improved a bit at 8. Meanwhile, Fox continued to roll out its summer lineup, but the results remained abysmal. Like Food Stars, Don't Forget the Lyrics! (0.19) could only tie last season's low in its premiere but did, at the very least, outpace its I Can See Your Voice lead-in (0.17, 0.00). On ABC, 9-1-1 (0.46, +0.02) ticked up, Grey's Anatomy (0.35, 0.00) matched its week-ago rating, and Station 19 (0.20, -0.01) descended to a new low. NBC's Red Nose Day: Cheers to Ten Years special (0.15) did not make much noise. It was followed by reruns of The Wall (0.15) and Law & Order: SVU (0.13). Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker (0.03, 0.00) and Lovers and Liars (0.03, 0.00) were both steady on the CW.

Thursday TV Ratings 5/27/21: iHeartRadio Music Awards Collapse, Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 Crash to New Lows, SVU and Organized Crime Also Slip (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Back from a hiatus that lasted over 2 years, the 'iHeartRadio Music Awards' ceremony (0.4) was down over 50% from the last time it appeared in March 2019 (0.9). Considering how long it was off the air and the general trajectory of award shows, this steep decline should come as no surprise. On ABC, 'Station 19' (0.6) and 'Grey's Anatomy' (0.6) were down two-tenths apiece, with the dramas each hitting a new series low. 'Rebel' (0.4) admirably held steady at 10, even as 'Station' and 'Grey's' declined. CBS's 'United States of Al' (0.4) was once again the sole original in a sea of reruns, shedding a tenth from last week. 'States' matched its 'Young Sheldon' repeat lead-in (0.4) and led into encores of 'Mom' (0.4), 'B Positive' (0.3), and 'Clarice' (0.2). 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.6) and 'Organized Crime' (0.6) each lost a tenth on NBC. Earlier in the night, a 'Red Nose Day'-themed edition of 'The Wall' (0.4) performed about the same as the average 'Manifest' in the 8pm slot. The CW went with repeats of 'Walker' (0.1) and 'Legacies' (0.1).

Finals Update: 'Grey's Anatomy' (0.7, +0.1), 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.7, +0.1), 'Station 19' (0.7, +0.1), the 'iHeartRadio Music Awards' (0.5, +0.1), 'The Wall' (0.5, +0.1), and repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.5, +0.1) and 'B Positive' (0.4, +0.1) adjusted up. 

Thursday TV Ratings 5/21/20: Red Nose Day Low After Strong Celebrity Escape Room, Holey Moley and To Tell the Truth Return Well, Labor of Love Pathetic (UPDATED)

ABC easily won Thursday night, trotting out two new game shows after the finales of their Thursday dramas last week. Millionaire actually kicked off the night with a drop, but the strength of the two premieres led to only a very small week-to-week decline overall. At 9, Holey Moley managed to impress in its premiere with a 0.8, holding onto all of its Millionaire lead-in. That's higher than all but two episodes of its first season and far higher than its late-season results. At 10, To Tell the Truth returned with a 0.7, down a tenth from its last season premiere, but ahead of every other rating from its 13-episode Sunday run.

NBC took second for the night with very mixed results for their two specials. Celebrity Escape Room, featuring host Jack Black and contestants Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Adam Scott and Ben Stiller,  had a strong showing for NBC, tying two ABC shows to lead the night with a 0.8.
Celebrity Escape Room is a part of NBC's annual Red Nose Day charity event, and it became the highest-rated special ever associated with Red Nose Day, even surpassing early American Ninja Warrior specials. The Red Nose Day special itself wasn't helped much by its bigger lead-in, basiclaly steady year-to-year with a 0.4. Its 0.5 in the first half is better than any of its half-hours last year, though.

CBS tied for second for the night after experiencing multiple drops. A Young Sheldon repeat kicked off the night down a tenth, which brought Man With a Plan down a tenth as well. The Mom repeat was steady at 9, while Broke was down to 0.5 at 9:30. A SWAT repeat closed out the night steady at 0.4. Fox had a disastrous night, to put it mildly. Celebrity Watch Party came down a tenth at 8, matching last week's preliminary 0.3. At 9, Labor of Love had one of the lowest Big 4 debuts in history with a ghastly 0.2. It never had much of a chance with such an awful lead-in, but losing a tenth from it on premiere night ensures that we won't be seeing it for much longer. The ratings for this Fox lineup mirror the ratings for The CW's Tuesday lineup, which is never a compliment. The CW. brought Burden of Truth back at 8, matching Katy Keene's finale with a 0.1 but actually hitting a 0.2 in the first half, which Katy Keene hasn't done in some time. In the Dark was steady at 9 with another 0.1.

Finals Update: 'Red Nose Day' (0.3, -0.1) adjusted down.

Thursday TV Ratings 5/23/19: Red Nose Day Special Extremely Low, Elementary Steady with Average, Farrah Fawcett Special Wins the Night

Final numbers to come.

Time	Show	18-49 Ratings	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	This Is Farrah Fawcett	0.7/3	5.78	ABC
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.6/4	5.25	CBS
	Red Nose Day 2019	0.4/2	2.24	NBC
	Paradise Hotel	0.4/2	1.24	Fox
	iZombie	0.2/1	0.75	The CW
8:30 PM	Young Sheldon (R)	0.7/4	5.35	CBS
9 PM	Mom (R)	0.6/3	4.74	CBS
	In the Dark	0.2/1	0.59	The CW
9:30 PM	Life In Pieces	0.6/3	4.46	CBS
10 PM	Elementary (P)	0.5/3	4.10	CBS
	Hollywood Game Night	0.4/2	2.01	NBC
	Shark Tank (R)	0.4/2	2.90	ABC

Thursday TV Ratings 5/24/18: Hollywood Game Night Does OK, What Would You Do? Soars (UPDATED)

Finals Update: The Young Sheldon repeat (+0.1) and The Last Days of Michael Jackson (+0.1) adjusted up. The Life In Pieces repeat (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Ratings	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.0/6	6.71	CBS
	The Last Days of Michael Jackson	1.0/4	5.56	ABC
	Celebrity American Ninja Warrior	0.8/4	3.65	NBC
	Terrence Howard's Fright Club	0.5/2	1.54	Fox
	Supernatural (R)	0.2/1	0.84	The CW
8:30 PM	Young Sheldon (R)	1.0/4	6.18	CBS
9 PM	Hollywood Game Night	0.8/4	3.24	NBC
	Mom (R)	0.8/4	5.09	CBS
	Showtime At the Apollo (F)	0.6/3	2.30	Fox
	Black Lightning (R)	0.1/1	0.56	The CW
9:30 PM	Life In Pieces (R)	0.6/3	3.93	CBS
10 PM	What Would You Do?	0.8/4	3.62	ABC
	Red Nose Day	0.5/2	2.06	NBC
	SWAT (R)	0.5/3	3.61	CBS