TV Rankings: ‘Ghosts’ Scares Up True Premiere Numbers

CBS comedy Ghosts delivered solid scores for its two-episode premiere on Thursday, drawing extra total viewers than former dramas Gray’s Anatomy and Legislation & Characterize: SVU of their shared hour and maintaining its comprise amongst adults 18-49.

Fox’s first Thursday Night time Soccer sport of the season led the night time by a large margin and edged up versus a year ago. Baseball’s playoffs also drew decent scores for FS1.

Ghosts averaged 5.52 million viewers, tied for the second most of any comedy episode to this level this season with Monday’s installment of The Neighborhood. It also posted a 0.56 rating amongst adults 18-49. Younger Sheldon (7.12 million viewers, 0.7 in 18-49) and United States of Al (4.84 million, 0.49) had been fixed with their 2020-21 averages, though Bull (4.18 million, 0.35) used to be down some.

Fox and NFL Community blended for 14.76 million viewers for Thursday Night time Soccer, a smidge greater than the 14.71 million for an analogous week closing season. The viewer tally for the game used to be extra than double that of the second-arena notify, Younger Sheldon.

At ABC, Put 19 (4.29 million viewers, 0.58 in 18-49), Gray’s Anatomy (4.04 million, 0.64) and Colossal Sky (2.78 million, 0.32) all came down from their premieres closing week reverse the heavier competitors on CBS and Fox. The same used to be factual for SVU (3.88 million, 0.62) and Legislation & Characterize: Organized Crime (3.2 million, 0.55) on NBC.

FS1’s two American League division assortment games came in sooner than closing year’s openers. The afternoon matchup between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox averaged 1.97 million viewers (up 39 percent from a year ago), while a primetime sport between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Crimson Sox drew 2.63 million (+13 percent year to year).

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