Thursday October 25, 2018 Nielsen Finals

TNT's coverage of 'NBA Basketball' between the Nuggets and Lakers topped the Thursday cable ratings with a 0.89 A18-49 rating with 1.95 million viewers. The game led in men 18-49 (1.31 rating), males 12-34 (1.02), adults 18-34 (0.89), and adults 25-54 (0.87). Lead-in game, Celtics/Thunder had a 0.85 M18-49 rating, a 0.68 M12-34 rating, and 1.48 million viewers. NFL Network's simulcast of 'Thursday Night Football' took the second spot on the day with a 0.79 A18-49 rating (1.13 M18-49 rating) and 2.25 million viewers. Over at MTV, 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation' scored cable's best numbers in both the W18-49 demo (0.91) and F12-34 demo (0.78), averaging 1.25 million total viewers. Two episodes of 'How Far is Tattoo Far,' also on MTV, were at 0.53/0.44 in W18-49, 0.45/0.37 in F12-34, and at 606,000/557,000 in viewers. On TruTV, 'Impractical Jokers' was mediocre at 0.24/448,000, and on Bravo, 'Shahs of Sunset' performed well in W18-49 (0.34) and ok in viewers (792,000). Finally, the long-awaited premiere of Sundance's 'Deutschland 86,' the follow-up from 2015's 'Deutschland 83' found a 0.03 A18-49 rating and 98,000 viewers at midnight. 

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)	6.543	4.4/8	1.51/7	1.0/6	2.0/7	57.8
How To Get Away w/ Murder (ABC)	2.934	2.0/4	0.69/3	0.5/3	0.9/3	56.5
I Feel Bad (NBC)	2.091	1.4/3	0.52/2	0.3/2	0.7/2	55.3
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)	4.220	2.9/6	0.90/4	0.5/3	1.2/4	59.6
Legacies (P) (CW)	1.124	0.7/1	0.30/1	0.2/1	0.4/1	52.4
Mom (CBS)	7.982	5.1/9	1.19/5	0.6/3	2.0/7	60.3
Murphy Brown (CBS)	6.053	4.0/7	0.81/3	0.4/2	1.4/4	61.8
S.W.A.T. (CBS)	5.364	3.5/7	0.73/3	0.3/2	1.2/4	61.7
Station 19 (ABC)	5.022	3.4/6	0.90/4	0.6/3	1.3/4	60.5
Supernatural (CW)	1.388	0.9/2	0.36/2	0.3/2	0.5/2	52.9
Superstore (NBC)	3.063	2.0/4	0.88/4	0.5/3	1.1/4	53.2
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	12.994	7.9/15	2.26/10	1.0/6	3.6/13	59.4
The Good Place (NBC)	2.672	1.8/3	0.83/3	0.5/3	1.0/3	52.3
Thursday Night Football (Fox)	12.052	7.5/14	3.65/16	2.7/16	4.4/16	52.4
Will & Grace (NBC)	3.223	2.2/4	0.85/3	0.4/2	1.2/4	55.0
Young Sheldon (CBS)	10.961	6.7/12	1.70/7	0.8/5	2.8/9	60.5

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)	2.2/9	0.8/4	1.5/9	0.5/3	2.9/10	1.0/4
How To Get Away w/ Murder (ABC)	1.0/4	0.4/2	0.6/4	0.3/2	1.3/5	0.5/2
I Feel Bad (NBC)	0.7/3	0.4/2	0.4/2	0.2/1	0.9/3	0.6/2
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)	1.2/5	0.6/3	0.6/3	0.3/2	1.6/5	0.9/3
Legacies (P) (CW)	0.4/1	0.2/1	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.4/1
Mom (CBS)	1.5/6	0.9/4	0.7/4	0.5/3	2.4/7	1.7/6
Murphy Brown (CBS)	1.0/4	0.6/3	0.4/2	0.3/2	1.7/5	1.1/4
S.W.A.T. (CBS)	0.8/4	0.6/3	0.4/2	0.3/2	1.4/5	1.0/4
Station 19 (ABC)	1.3/5	0.5/2	0.8/4	0.3/2	1.8/6	0.7/2
Supernatural (CW)	0.4/2	0.3/1	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.6/2	0.5/2
Superstore (NBC)	1.0/4	0.7/4	0.6/3	0.5/3	1.3/4	0.9/4
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	2.6/11	1.9/9	1.1/6	0.8/6	4.1/14	3.1/12
The Good Place (NBC)	1.0/4	0.7/3	0.6/3	0.4/3	1.2/4	0.9/3
Thursday Night Football (Fox)	2.4/10	4.9/23	1.7/10	3.7/23	3.0/10	5.9/22
Will & Grace (NBC)	1.1/4	0.6/3	0.6/3	0.3/2	1.5/5	0.9/3
Young Sheldon (CBS)	2.0/8	1.4/6	0.9/5	0.8/5	3.2/10	2.3/8

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (000)
NBA BASKETBALL: NUGGETS/LAKERS	TNT	0.89	1,948
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: MIA/HOU	NFL NETWORK	0.79	2,247
JERSEY SHORE:FAM VACAY S2	MTV	0.72	1,248
NBA BASKETBALL: CELTICS/THUNDER	TNT	0.61	1,477
HOW FAR IS TATTOO FAR (9PM)	MTV	0.36	606
HOW FAR IS TATTOO FAR (9:30PM)	MTV	0.31	557
THE FIRST 48: UNSPEAKABLE PARTS 1 & 2	A&E NETWORK	0.29	989
COLL FOOTBALL: GEORGIA TECH/VA TECH	ESPN	0.26	968
MOUNTAIN MEN	HISTORY	0.26	2,023
RETURN SHELBY SWAMP MAN	HISTORY	0.25	1,435
SHAHS OF SUNSET	BRAVO	0.25	792
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	TRUTV	0.24	448
FLIP OR FLOP ATLANTA	HGTV	0.23	905
NIGHTWATCH NATION	A&E NETWORK	0.23	765
CASE THAT HAUNTS ME, THE	ID	0.23	893
BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	0.21	801
FLIP OR FLOP ATLANTA	HGTV	0.21	1,003
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.21	1,134
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.20	1,155
GROWING UP HIP HOP: ATL	WETV	0.19	522
CORONER: I SPEAK FOR THE	ID	0.17	772
COLL FOOTBALL: BAYLOR/W VIRGINIA	FOX SPORTS 1	0.12	577
WELCOME TO WAVERLY	BRAVO	0.11	332
DALLAS COWBOYS CHRLDRS 13	CMT	0.10	312
DEAD FILES POPUPS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.09	387
LAFF MOBB	TRUTV	0.08	174
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.08	303
LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS	NAT GEO	0.07	460
ENGINEERING CATASTROPHES	SCIENCE	0.05	263
HEATHERS (10PM)	PARAMOUNT	0.05	156
MEGA MACHINES: SEA GIANTS	SCIENCE	0.04	238
LOUD HOUSE	NICKTOONS	0.04	155
HEY DUGGEE	NICK JR	0.04	175
IMPACT WRESTLING: 343	POP	0.04	98
COLL FOOTBALL: TOLEDO/W MICHIGAN	ESPN2	0.04	139
HOME & FAMILY	HALLMARK CHANNEL	0.03	166
COLL FOOTBALL: APP ST/GA SOUTHERN	ESPNU	0.03	105
HEATHERS (10:48PM)	PARAMOUNT	0.03	90
DEUTSCHLAND 86	SUNDANCE TV	0.03	98
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES	REELZCHANNEL	0.02	68
THE BUREAU OF MAGICAL THINGS	TEENNICK	0.02	81

Source: Nielsen Media Research