TV Ratings: NBC's Law & Order Block Bests ABC's Thursday Dramas

Dun-frickin’-dun! In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s three-hour Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime block bested ABC’s Thursday-night drama premieres both in total viewers and in the demo.

SVU (read recap) opened NBC’s night with 4.7 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating (dropping a few eyeballs from last week’s two-hour premiere). Organized Crime‘s double pump then did 4.3 mil/0.7 and 4.1 mil/0.7 (read recap), both up a tick from its sophomore premiere.

Over on ABC, meanwhile, Station 19 returned to 4.8 mil and a 0.7 (TVLine reader grade “B-“), down from its previous averages and flirting with its series lows (4.5 mil/0.7). Grey’s Anatomy (4.6 mil/0.7, reader grade “B”) also was down from its previous averages and flirted with its own series lows (4.3 mil/0.7). Bringing down ABC’s average for the night, Big Sky christened its new time slot with 3.1 mil and a 0.4 (reader grade “A-“), down a tick from its freshman averages and right on par with what one-and-done Rebel was doing in the time slot.

NBC’s average for the night: 4.4 mil/0.7. ABC’s: 4.2 mil/0.6.

Elsewhere, CBS’ The Price Is Right anniversary special did 3.8 mil/0.5… and pending adjustment due to what I assume are sports preemptions, The CW’s Coroner (750K/0.1) and The Outpost (570K/0.1) are both currently up.

COMING NEXT THURSDAY: Young Sheldon, a very special United States of Al, the new comedy Ghosts and Bull on CBS, and Thursday Night Football kicks off its latest Fox run.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Warning: Contents may be hot!

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