2018-19 TV Season: Live-Plus-7 Ratings for Every Broadcast Series

The delayed-viewing tide lifts nearly all shows, but it didn’t do a ton to erase the losses the broadcast networks suffered in the 2018-19 season.

A number of shows got sizable boosts with a week of DVR and on-demand catchup, to be sure: More than two dozen (28 of 143, almost 20 percent) at least doubled their adults 18-49 ratings over seven days, and 23 added at least 3 million viewers to their totals. 

But in terms of bringing shows up to their year-ago levels, well, DVRs aren’t magic. The average network show declined by about 16 percent among adults 18-49 and 8 percent in viewers in the same-day ratings compared to 2017-18. After a week of delayed viewing, those losses shrank just a tiny bit, to 14 percent in the key 18-49 demo and 6 percent in viewers.

Only four shows — Fox’s Thursday Night Football, ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Sunday Dateline and The CW’s Jane the Virgin — posted season-to-season gains among adults 18-49. A few shows that had same-day gains, including NBC’s Chicago Fire and Fox’s Bob’s Burgers, ended up flat in the live-plus-7 numbers.

NBC’s Sunday Night Football topped both the demographic and total-viewer charts, averaging a 5.9 rating in adults 18-49 (even with 2017-18) and 18.94 million viewers (up 7 percent). The Big Bang Theory‘s final season on CBS fell by 14 percent in adults 18-49 and 4 percent in viewers, but it tied for No. 1 in the demo among entertainment shows and was first in viewers with 18.06 million.

Fox’s The Masked Singer (3.8 in adults 18-49) and CBS’ FBI (12.68 million viewers) were the top first-year shows in each chart.

Live-plus-7 rankings for the full season are below. Averages include only new episodes that aired from Sept. 24, 2018-May 22, 2019.

Key: #Vs. combined CBS/NBC average in 2017-18. *Average includes post-Super Bowl episode. **Vs. ABC in 2016-17. ***Vs. Fox in 2017-18. ^Live-plus-7 data for prior season not available. ^^Moved to Friday from higher-traffic night.

Adults 18-49

Rank	Show	Network	Live-plus-7 18-49 rating	Plus/minus vs. 2017-18
1	Sunday Night Football	NBC	5.9	even
2	Thursday Night Football	Fox	4.4	+0.1 (+2.3%)#
3	This Is Us	NBC	3.8	-1.6 (-29.6%)*
	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	3.8	-0.6 (-13.6%)
	The Masked Singer	Fox	3.8	n/a
6	The OT	Fox	3.3	-0.4 (-10.8%)
7	Grey’s Anatomy	ABC	2.9	-0.5 (-14.7%)
8	Manifest	NBC	2.8	n/a
9	Football Night in America Pt 3	NBC	2.7	-0.4 (-12.9%)
10	Young Sheldon	CBS	2.6	-0.8 (-23.5%)
11	The Good Doctor	ABC	2.5	-1.1 (-30.6%)
12	Modern Family	ABC	2.4	-0.5 (-17.2%)
	911	Fox	2.4	-0.6 (-20%)
	The Bachelor	ABC	2.4	even
15	The Conners	ABC	2.3	n/a
16	New Amsterdam	NBC	2.2	n/a
	Survivor	CBS	2.2	-0.2 (-8.3%)
	America’s Got Talent: The Champions	NBC	2.2	n/a
19	Chicago PD	NBC	2.1	-0.1 (-4.5%)
	Chicago Fire	NBC	2.1	even
21	A Million Little Things	ABC	2.0	n/a
	Empire	Fox	2.0	-0.8 (-28.6%)
	The Voice – Monday	NBC	2.0	-0.5 (-20%)
24	NCIS	CBS	1.9	-0.3 (-13.6%)
	Chicago Med	NBC	1.9	-0.2 (-9.5%)
26	Law & Order: SVU	NBC	1.8	-0.4 (-18.2%)
	Mom	CBS	1.8	-0.2 (-10%)
	The Voice – Tuesday	NBC	1.8	-0.5 (-21.7%)
29	Criminal Minds	CBS	1.7	-0.3 (-15%)
	The Passage	Fox	1.7	n/a
	Last Man Standing	Fox	1.7	even**
	The Goldbergs	ABC	1.7	-0.4 (-19%)
	American Idol – Sunday	ABC	1.7	-0.4 (-19%)
	The Titan Games	NBC	1.7	n/a
	Ellen’s Game of Games	NBC	1.7	-0.6 (-26.1%)
36	The Good Place	NBC	1.6	-0.3 (-15.8%)
	The Resident	Fox	1.6	-0.1 (-5.9%)
	Station 19	ABC	1.6	-0.2 (-11.1%)
	FBI	CBS	1.6	n/a
40	How to Get Away With Murder	ABC	1.5	-0.5 (-25%)
	The Rookie	ABC	1.5	n/a
	Bull	CBS	1.5	-0.4 (-21.1%)
	The Orville	Fox	1.5	-0.5 (-25%)
	Will & Grace	NBC	1.5	-1.3 (-46.4%)
	SWAT	CBS	1.5	-0.3 (-16.7%)
	The Amazing Race	CBS	1.5	-0.3 (-16.7%)
	Family Guy	Fox	1.5	-0.2 (-11.8%)
	American Idol – Monday	ABC	1.5	-0.5 (-25%)
	The Neighborhood	CBS	1.5	n/a
	Star	Fox	1.5	-0.3 (-16.7%)
51	SEAL Team	CBS	1.4	-0.4 (-22.2%)
	Single Parents	ABC	1.4	n/a
	Blue Bloods	CBS	1.4	-0.1 (-6.7%)
	NCIS: New Orleans	CBS	1.4	-0.2 (-12.5%)
	Superstore	NBC	1.4	-0.2 (-12.5%)
	American Housewife	ABC	1.4	-0.5 (-26.3%)
	Schooled	ABC	1.4	n/a
	Bob’s Burgers	Fox	1.4	even
	24 Hours to Hell and Back	Fox	1.4	n/a^
	The World’s Best	CBS	1.4*	n/a
	The Simpsons	Fox	1.4	-0.3 (-17.6%)
	Saturday Night Football	ABC	1.4	even
63	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	1.3	-0.1 (-7.1%)
	The Enemy Within	NBC	1.3	n/a
	Hawaii Five-0	CBS	1.3	-0.3 (-18.8%)
	Magnum P.I.	CBS	1.3	n/a
	Murphy Brown	CBS	1.3	n/a
	Hell’s Kitchen	Fox	1.3	even
	60 Minutes	CBS	1.3	-0.2 (-13.3%)
	Football Night in America Pt 2	NBC	1.3	-0.4 (-23.5%)
71	Whiskey Cavalier	ABC	1.2	n/a
	The Flash	CW	1.2	-0.3 (-20%)
	The Blacklist	NBC	1.2	-0.4 (-25%)^^
	Lethal Weapon	Fox	1.2	-0.4 (-25%)
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	NBC	1.2	-0.1 (-7.7%)***
	Black-ish	ABC	1.2	-0.6 (-33.3%)
	Life in Pieces	CBS	1.2	-0.5 (-29.4%)
	The Cool Kids	Fox	1.2	n/a
	World of Dance	NBC	1.2	n/a^
	Dancing With the Stars	ABC	1.2	-0.4 (-25%)
	Fam	CBS	1.2	n/a
	God Friended Me	CBS	1.2	n/a
83	The Gifted	Fox	1.1	-0.9 (-45%)
	Gotham	Fox	1.1	-0.2 (-15.4%)
	Good Girls	NBC	1.1	-0.4 (-26.7%)
	Bless This Mess	ABC	1.1	n/a
	Splitting Up Together	ABC	1.1	-0.8 (-42.1%)
	Masterchef Junior	Fox	1.1	-0.1 (-8.3%)
	The Kids Are Alright	ABC	1.1	n/a
	Shark Tank	ABC	1.1	-0.4 (-26.7%)
	Man With a Plan	CBS	1.1	-0.1 (-8.3%)
	NBA Saturday Primetime	ABC	1.1	even
93	America’s Funniest Home Videos	ABC	1.0	-0.1 (-9.1%)
	MacGyver	CBS	1.0	-0.2 (-16.7%)
	The Village	NBC	1.0	n/a
	Happy Together	CBS	1.0	n/a
97	Agents of SHIELD	ABC	0.9	-0.3 (-25%)
	For the People	ABC	0.9	-0.2 (-18.2%)
	Blindspot	NBC	0.9	-0.3 (-25%)
	20/20	ABC	0.9	+0.2 (+28.6%)
	Fresh Off the Boat	ABC	0.9	-0.5 (-35.7%)^^
	Madam Secretary	CBS	0.9	-0.1 (-10%)
	Dateline – Friday	NBC	0.9	-0.2 (-18.2%)
	Dancing With the Stars Juniors	ABC	0.9	n/a
	The Great Christmas Light Fight	ABC	0.9	n/a^
106	The Fix	ABC	0.8	n/a
	Speechless	ABC	0.8	-0.8 (-50%)^^
	I Feel Bad	NBC	0.8	n/a
	The Code	CBS	0.8	n/a
	Dateline Sunday	NBC	0.8	+0.1 (+14.3%)
	Rel	Fox	0.8	n/a
112	Riverdale	CW	0.7	-0.3 (-30%)
	Supernatural	CW	0.7	-0.3 (-30%)
	Proven Innocent	Fox	0.7	n/a
	Midnight, Texas	NBC	0.7	n/a^
	Match Game	ABC	0.7	-0.2 (-22.2%)
	AP Bio	NBC	0.7	-0.4 (-36.4%)
	Million Dollar Mile	CBS	0.7	n/a
119	Jane the Virgin	CW	0.6	+0.1 (+20%)
	Arrow	CW	0.6	-0.2 (-25%)
	Black Lightning	CW	0.6	-0.4 (-40%)
	Charmed	CW	0.6	n/a
	Legends of Tomorrow	CW	0.6	-0.3 (-33.3%)
	The 100	CW	0.6	-0.1 (-14.3%)
	Legacies	CW	0.6	n/a
	Supergirl	CW	0.6	-0.3 (-33.3%)
	Abby’s	NBC	0.6	n/a
	48 Hours	CBS	0.6	-0.1 (-14.3%)
	Mental Samurai	Fox	0.6	n/a
	Fox College Football	Fox	0.6	even
131	Roswell, New Mexico	CW	0.5	n/a
	Child Support	ABC	0.5	-0.4 (-44.4%)
	The Red Line	CBS	0.5	n/a
	Dateline Saturday Mystery	NBC	0.5	-0.1 (-16.7%)
135	All American	CW	0.4	n/a
	iZombie	CW	0.4	-0.1 (-20%)
	Ransom	CBS	0.4	even
	1969	ABC	0.4	n/a
	NBA Countdown	ABC	0.4	-0.1 (-20%)
	The Alec Baldwin Show	ABC	0.3	n/a
141	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	CW	0.2	-0.1 (-33.3%)
	Dynasty	CW	0.2	-0.1 (-33.3%)
	In the Dark	CW	0.2	n/a

Total Viewers

Rank	Show	Network	Live-plus-7 viewers (millions)	Plus/minus vs. 2017-18 (millions)
1	Sunday Night Football	NBC	18.94	+1.24 (+7%)
2	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	18.06	-0.84 (-4.4%)
3	NCIS	CBS	15.89	-1.13 (-6.6%)
4	Young Sheldon	CBS	14.72	-1.77 (-10.7%)
5	Thursday Night Football	Fox	14.43	+0.52 (+3.7%)#
6	This Is Us	NBC	13.8	-3.64 (-20.9%)*
7	Blue Bloods	CBS	12.83	-0.46 (-3.5%)
8	FBI	CBS	12.68	n/a
9	The Good Doctor	ABC	12.64	-4.08 (-24.4%)
10	Manifest	NBC	12.61	n/a
11	America’s Got Talent: The Champions	NBC	12.39	n/a
12	Chicago Fire	NBC	11.66	+1.66 (+16.6%)
13	The Masked Singer	Fox	11.57	n/a
14	Bull	CBS	11.34	-3.19 (-22%)
15	Chicago Med	NBC	11.26	+0.78 (+7.4%)
16	Chicago PD	NBC	11.14	+0.64 (+6.1%)
17	New Amsterdam	NBC	11.05	n/a
18	NCIS: New Orleans	CBS	10.83	-1.78 (-14.1%)
19	60 Minutes	CBS	10.77	-0.68 (-5.9%)
20	The Voice – Monday	NBC	10.75	-1.12 (-9.4%)
21	The OT	Fox	10.64	-1.0 (-8.6%)
22	Mom	CBS	10.32	-0.77 (-6.9%)
23	Hawaii Five-0	CBS	10.13	-1.11 (-9.9%)
24	Grey’s Anatomy	ABC	10.12	-0.98 (-8.8%)
25	The Voice – Tuesday	NBC	10.09	-1.32 (-11.6%)
26	911	Fox	10.07	-0.68 (-6.3%)
27	The Conners	ABC	9.96	n/a
28	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	9.85	-0.86 (-8%)
29	Survivor	CBS	9.69	-0.67 (-6.5%)
30	God Friended Me	CBS	9.62	n/a
31	Football Night in America Pt 3	NBC	9.16	-0.42 (-4.4%)
32	American Idol – Sunday	ABC	9.1	-0.47 (-4.9%)
33	Dancing With the Stars	ABC	8.68	-1.88 (-17.8%)
34	SWAT	CBS	8.61	-0.83 (-8.8%)
35	Murphy Brown	CBS	8.47	n/a
36	SEAL Team	CBS	8.43	-1.72 (-16.9%)
37	Magnum P.I.	CBS	8.36	n/a
38	Last Man Standing	Fox	8.33	even**
39	The Rookie	ABC	8.31	n/a
40	Criminal Minds	CBS	8.22	-1.37 (-14.3%)
41	Madam Secretary	CBS	8.12	-0.98 (-10.8%)
42	American Idol – Monday	ABC	8.0	-1.5 (-15.9%)
43	The Neighborhood	CBS	7.99	n/a
44	The Bachelor	ABC	7.92	-0.01 (-0.1%)
45	Modern Family	ABC	7.83	-1.05 (-11.8%)
46	A Million Little Things	ABC	7.78	n/a
47	The Resident	Fox	7.74	+0.33 (+4.5%)
48	MacGyver	CBS	7.7	-0.9 (-10.5%)
49	Station 19	ABC	7.66	-0.16 (-2%)
50	Law & Order: SVU	NBC	7.39	-1.45 (-16.4%)
51	The Enemy Within	NBC	7.21	n/a
52	The Blacklist	NBC	7.18	-1.47 (-17%)^^
53	The Code	CBS	7.17	n/a
54	Life in Pieces	CBS	7.09	-1.26 (-15.1%)
55	Ellen’s Game of Games	NBC	6.97	-2.23 (-24.2%)
56	Fam	CBS	6.67	n/a
57	The Amazing Race	CBS	6.66	-1.04 (-13.5%)
58	The Passage	Fox	6.62	n/a
59	Man With a Plan	CBS	6.42	-0.47 (-6.8%)
60	The World’s Best	CBS	6.41*	n/a
61	The Goldbergs	ABC	6.38	-0.82 (-11.4%)
62	Empire	Fox	6.37	-1.62 (-20.3%)
63	Whiskey Cavalier	ABC	6.36	n/a
64	The Titan Games	NBC	6.05	n/a
65	The Village	NBC	6.03	n/a
66	America’s Funniest Home Videos	ABC	5.88	+0.21 (+3.7%)
67	The Orville	Fox	5.79	-0.9 (-13.5%)
68	The Cool Kids	Fox	5.71	n/a
69	American Housewife	ABC	5.46	-1.04 (-16%)
70	The Fix	ABC	5.41	n/a
71	Lethal Weapon	Fox	5.4	-1.27 (-19%)
72	Will & Grace	NBC	5.31	-3.55 (-40.1%)
73	Bless This Mess	ABC	5.29	n/a
74	Happy Together	CBS	5.26	n/a
75	Dancing With the Stars Juniors	ABC	5.22	n/a
	Saturday Night Football	ABC	5.22	+0.26 (+5.2%)
77	How to Get Away With Murder	ABC	5.15	-1.27 (-19.8%)
78	Schooled	ABC	5.05	n/a
79	The Kids Are Alright	ABC	4.95	n/a
80	Shark Tank	ABC	4.85	-0.61 (-11.2%)
81	Star	Fox	4.8	-0.67 (-12.2%)
	The Red Line	CBS	4.8	n/a
83	World of Dance	NBC	4.77	n/a^
84	20/20	ABC	4.76	+0.88 (+22.7%)
85	Dateline – Sunday	NBC	4.75	+0.34 (+7.7%)
86	The Great Christmas Light Fight	ABC	4.74	n/a^
	Dateline – Friday	NBC	4.74	-1.02 (-17.7%)
88	Single Parents	ABC	4.67	n/a
89	For the People	ABC	4.65	+0.13 (+2.9%)
90	Football Night in America Pt 2	NBC	4.59	-0.92 (-16.7%)
91	The Good Place	NBC	4.57	-0.89 (-16.3%)
92	Black-ish	ABC	4.52	-1.44 (-24.2%)
93	24 Hours to Hell and Back	Fox	4.5	n/a^
94	48 Hours	CBS	4.45	-0.23 (-4.9%)
95	Blindspot	NBC	4.34	-0.97 (-18.3%)
96	Superstore	NBC	4.3	-0.58 (-11.9%)
97	Hell’s Kitchen	Fox	4.14	-0.16 (-3.7%)
98	Good Girls	NBC	4.03	-2.04 (-33.6%)
99	Splitting Up Together	ABC	4.0	-2.13 (-34.7%)
100	Masterchef Junior	Fox	3.89	-0.59 (-13.2%)
101	Fresh Off the Boat	ABC	3.86	-0.91 (-19.1%)^^
102	Gotham	Fox	3.68	-0.41 (-10%)
103	The Simpsons	Fox	3.67	-0.46 (-11.1%)
104	Proven Innocent	Fox	3.58	n/a
105	Dateline Saturday Mystery	NBC	3.55	+0.16 (+4.7%)
106	Agents of SHIELD	ABC	3.52	-0.18 (-4.9%)
107	NBA Saturday Primetime	ABC	3.47	+0.03 (+0.9%)
108	Family Guy	Fox	3.38	-0.25 (-6.9%)
109	The Gifted	Fox	3.32	-2.6 (-43.9%)
110	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	NBC	3.21	+0.41 (+14.6%)***
111	Midnight, Texas	NBC	3.18	n/a^
	Bob’s Burgers	Fox	3.18	+0.3 (+10.4%)
113	Speechless	ABC	3.17	-2.34 (-42.5%)^^
	Ransom	CBS	3.17	-0.12 (-3.6%)
115	The Flash	CW	3.12	-0.82 (-20.8%)
116	1969	ABC	3.0	n/a
117	Million Dollar Mile	CBS	2.95	n/a
118	Match Game	ABC	2.93	-0.62 (-17.5%)
119	I Feel Bad	NBC	2.85	n/a
120	AP Bio	NBC	2.5	-1.04 (-29.4%)
121	Child Support	ABC	2.39	-1.96 (-45.1%)
122	Abby’s	NBC	2.35	n/a
123	Supernatural	CW	2.31	-0.38 (-14.1%)
124	Fox College Football	Fox	2.17	-0.11 (-4.8%)
125	Rel	Fox	2.13	n/a
126	Supergirl	CW	2.08	-0.91 (-30.4%)
127	Mental Samurai	Fox	2.07	n/a
128	Riverdale	CW	1.96	-0.49 (-20%)
129	NBA Countdown	ABC	1.89	-0.04 (-2.1%)
130	Arrow	CW	1.86	-0.29 (-13.5%)
131	Roswell, New Mexico	CW	1.85	n/a
132	Legacies	CW	1.69	n/a
133	Legends of Tomorrow	CW	1.68	-0.79 (-32%)
134	Charmed	CW	1.62	n/a
135	Black Lightning	CW	1.62	-1.24 (-43.4%)
136	The 100	CW	1.6	-0.39 (-19.6%)
137	The Alec Baldwin Show	ABC	1.52	n/a
138	Jane the Virgin	CW	1.35	+0.12 (+9.8%)
139	All American	CW	1.06	n/a
140	iZombie	CW	1.01	-0.31 (-23.5%)
141	In the Dark	CW	0.96	n/a
142	Dynasty	CW	0.8	-0.2 (-20%)
143	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	CW	0.57	-0.23 (-28.8%)

Source: Nielsen, THR research