Thursday TV Ratings 1/25/24: Hell’s Kitchen Drops for Finale, Law & Order Shows and Press Your Luck Also Decline (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: Fox's Hell's Kitchen (0.38, -0.03) shed a few ticks on finale night but was still higher than about half of the episodes that aired this season. Press Your Luck (0.38, -0.05) also slipped on ABC and got into a three-way tie in the 8 p.m. timeslot with Hell's and NBC's Law & Order (0.38, -0.10). The latter lost a full tenth in week 2, and the decline was even worse for SVU (0.50, -0.12). Organized Crime (0.39, -0.07) bled a little less in the 10 p.m. hour. CBS stayed out of the original business once more, opting to air reruns of Young Sheldon (0.28), Ghosts (0.21), So Help Me Todd (0.18), and SEAL Team (0.17). Son of a Critch (0.05, +0.01) and Children Ruin Everything (0.04, +0.02) rose on the CW, as did encores of The Conners (0.05/0.05).

Finals Update: Hell's Kitchen (+0.1) and Press Your Luck (+0.1) adjusted up.

Thursday TV Ratings 1/18/24: Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order Soar for Premieres, Organized Crime Returns Slightly Up, Press Your Luck Hits Season High (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The scripted rollout continued on NBC, and the results mostly remained positive. Law & Order (0.48) and Law & Order: Organized Crime (0.46) were way down from their Sept. 2022 premieres (0.60/0.62) but a good bit above their May 2023 finales (0.34/0.41). SVU (0.62) was a lot healthier in the middle, down just seven-hundredths from Sept. 2022 (0.69) and almost two-tenths above its May 2023 closer (0.44). On ABC, Press Your Luck (0.43, +0.04) hit another season high after  setting one just last week and was followed by repeats of itself (0.31/0.23). Hell's Kitchen (0.41, 0.00) held flat on Fox, while Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip (0.18, +0.02) got a little less ugly in week two. CBS re-ran Young Sheldon (0.20), Ghosts (0.14), and SEAL Team (0.13/0.12). Son of a Critch (0.04) was stable on the CW, but repeats of The Conners (0.03/0.03) and Children Ruin Everything (0.02) were down.

Finals Update: Law & Order: Organized Crime (+0.1) adjusted up.

Thursday TV Ratings 1/11/24: Press Your Luck and Hell’s Kitchen Hit Season Highs, Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip Weak (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's Press Your Luck (0.39, +0.13) soared to a new season high in its move from Tuesdays at 10 to Thursdays at 8, clearly showing just how important it is to air a family-friendly game show in an earlier time slot. On Fox, Hell's Kitchen (0.41, +0.04) also climbed to a season high and cleared the 0.4 mark for the first time this season. At 9, Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip (0.16) completely bombed despite having a fellow Ramsay show for a lead-in. NBC aired reruns of Law & Order (0.29), SVU (0.23), and Organized Crime (0.21). CBS re-ran Young Sheldon (0.22), Ghosts (0.17), and SEAL Team (0.14/0.12). On the CW, repeats of The Conners (0.05/0.05) performed marginally better than Son of a Critch (0.04) and Children Ruin Everything (0.04). 

Finals Update: All shows held at their preliminary rounded ratings.

Thursday TV Ratings 1/4/24: The Golden Wedding Rates Above Golden Bachelor Season Average, General Hospital Special Flops, The Conners Repeats Low on The CW (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The wedding of Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist proved to be a big hit with ABC viewers. The Golden Wedding managed a 0.63 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic and 5.2 million in total viewership, making it the night's top broadcast in both metrics. This also serves as a higher rating than just about every installment of The Golden Bachelor outside of the premiere and the last two episodes. After the wedding, the special General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling (0.23) disappointed in the 10 p.m. time slot and retained less than 40% of its lead-in. Hell's Kitchen (0.37, -0.02) dipped a bit on Fox and led into an encore of We Are Family (0.20). CBS aired the final batch of Ghosts UK episodes (0.24/0.20), and the series was once again a weaker option than reruns of Young Sheldon (0.26). Transplant (0.28, +0.09) was up in a pretty significant way on NBC but still fell behind repeats of Law & Order (0.35) and Dateline (0.29). The CW began airing acquired reruns of ABC sitcom The Conners (0.03/0.04), but they did no better than Son of a Critch (0.04) or the Children Ruin Everything finale (0.03, +0.01).

Finals Update: Hell's Kitchen (+0.1) and the repeat of Young Sheldon (+0.1) adjusted up.

Thursday TV Ratings 12/28/23: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Repeat Leads the Night, Press Your Luck Encore Solid, Ghosts UK Rises (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's repeat of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.34) was the top-rated program on another evening with a limited amount of original programming. From there, encores of Press Your Luck (0.27) and The $100,000 Pyramid (0.20) each shed seven-hundredths from the game show rerun that aired before them. On CBS, Ghosts UK (0.20/0.16) improved on its performance from two weeks ago (0.13) but was still a weaker option than reruns of Young Sheldon (0.23) and American Ghosts (0.20). NBC reruns of Law & Order (0.22) and Dateline (0.19) easily beat out Fox's encore of LEGO Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular (0.16). NBC also had Transplant (0.19, +0.04), which was up for its first episode in nearly a month. Acquired sitcoms Son of a Critch (0.03, -0.01) and Children Ruin Everything (0.02, -0.01) dipped on the CW. 

Finals Update: The 9:30 episode of Ghosts UK (+0.1) adjusted up. Repeats of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (-0.1) and The $100,000 Pyramid (-0.1) adjusted down.