Ratings: Young Sheldon Opens Final Season With 45-Month (!) Audience High, Ghosts Hits Series High
In the latest TV ratings, CBS‘ Young Sheldon final-season premiere was Thursday’s most-watched show while tying lead-out Ghosts for the nightly demo win.
CBS | Young Sheldon (with 7.99 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating per Nielsen finals, average TVLine reader grade “A-“; read post mortem) opened its farewell run with its largest audience since Jan. 20, 2022 April 30, 2020 (its Season 3 finale), while matching its previous season’s demo average. Ghosts (7.05 mil/0.7, reader grade “A-“; read ghost mortem) hit a series high in audience while matching its previous season’s demo average. So Help Me Todd (4.9 mil/0.4, reader grade “A-“; read post mortem) returned a bit up in audience and steady in the demo.
FOX | Next Level Chef (2 mil/0.4) was steady, while Farmer Wants a Wife (1.8 mil/0.3) rose in the demo.
THE CW | Leading out of Conners reruns (that averaged 480K and a 0.1), Son of a Critch (370K/0.1) and Children Run Everything (290K/0.0) were both up in aduience.
ABC | Truth & Lies: The Doomsday Project averaged 2.2 mil and a 0.2.
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Good to see viewers watching scripted series.
Where is NBC numbers?
I’m pretty sure the Law & Order’s were in reruns last night. 🙂
CBS has crafted a winning night. The comedies delivered and So Help Me Todd returned in ways fresh and fun all around. I am sure Elsbeth will complement the existing lineup perfectly. Score on for The Eye!
I wonder if Young Sheldon coming to Netflix had something to do with it. Like maybe it introduced the show to a new audience who would have never seen it otherwise.
Most probably. I know some people who watched the show there without any knowledge of TBBT and loved it. The final season announcement also helped.
I know you don’t publish ratings for reruns, but what are the ratings/viewership for the Tracker premiere encore? (For the sake of those who missed its original airing on Super Bowl Night.)
3.5 mil / 0.3
Amazing work you have here.