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.

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.

Thursday TV Ratings 6/22/23: NBA Draft Rises from 2022, The Blacklist Slips After Week Off, The Miracle Children of the Amazon Special Weak (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The '2023 NBA Draft' (0.44) grew by nearly 13% from the '2022 Draft' (0.39) in the Adults 18-49 demographic and led ABC to a Thursday-night victory. 'The Blacklist' (0.21, -0.04) lost four-hundredths on NBC and lost to CBS's rerun of 'Young Sheldon' (0.25) head-on. NBC finished out the evening with reruns of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.16) and 'Magnum PI' (0.14). Outside of 'Sheldon', CBS had encores of 'Ghosts' (0.20), 'So Help Me Todd' (0.19), and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.14). On Fox, the 'TMZ Investigates' special about the Miracle Children of the Amazon (0.21) posted a run-of-the-mill rating (by Fox summer standards). That telecast was followed by a rerun of 'Stars on Mars' (0.14) that was only a few ticks behind first-run episodes. The CW went with repeats of 'Walker' (0.04) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.04).

Finals Update: The repeat of 'Law & Order: SVU' (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of 'Stars on Mars' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Thursday TV Ratings 6/8/23: The Blacklist Hits New Season High, 100 Days to Indy Ticks Down for Finale, Young Sheldon Repeat Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: NBC's 'The Blacklist' (0.25, +0.05) grew by five-hundredths from the latter-half of last week's double-pump and eked out a new season high. But, despite its best efforts, the drama was bested by CBS's reruns of 'Young Sheldon' (0.29) and 'Ghosts' (0.26). NBC had the upper-hand over CBS later in the night as repeats of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.20) and 'Magnum PI' (0.18) outpaced encores of 'So Help Me Todd' (0.19) and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.15). Nonetheless, the 0.29 posted by 'Sheldon' ended up being enough to top the evening altogether. On ABC, encores of 'Judge Steve Harvey' (0.21/0.19/0.19) were modest at best but still a good bit higher than Fox reruns of 'Alert' (0.13) and 'Animal Control' (0.15/0.18). However, 'Animal Control' deserve some credit for building on 'Alert' and continuing to grow at 9:30. The CW had a rerun of 'Walker' (0.06) and the finale of '100 Days To Indy' (0.04, -0.01). 'Indy' was the only other original aside from 'Blacklist' and dipped by a hundredth when compared to its previous episode. 

Finals Update: The repeat of 'Ghosts' (+0.1) adjusted up.