As viewers tuned in to an ABC News special titled “Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview – A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph”, the exclusive interview brought in a total of 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.37 rating score in key news demos among adults. 25-54 during the 10 p.m. broadcast, Live Plus according to Nielsen data on the same day.
The Renner Interview also drew ABC’s highest total viewership in the Thursday night 10 p.m. hour in six months since October 6, 2022, and the highest non-sports demo in nearly two years since May 6, 2021. Provided viewership.
Here’s how primetime broke down across the major broadcast networks:
The official live plus of the “Law & Order” franchise ranked first in the NBC ratings on the same day with an average 0.46 rating in the prime demo and 4.1 million in total viewers, according to Nielsen data. Following the 8 p.m. airing of “Law & Order”, which attracted a 0.45 rating in the demo and 4.4 million total viewers, the 9 p.m. airing of “Law & Order: SVU” brought in the night’s highest ratings and total viewers. Increased viewership. with a 0.51 rating score and an average of 4.6 million viewers.
With an average rating of 0.39 in the key demo, ABC was second in the ratings behind NBC and second in total viewers with an average of 3.5 million. Prior to the Reiner interview, the 8 p.m. airing of “Station 19” attracted a rating score of 0.39 in the demo and 3.7 million total viewers, while “Grey’s Anatomy” received a 0.41 rating and 3.3 million viewers at 9 p.m. brought.
Fox was third in ratings with an average of 0.36 in the demo and fourth in total viewers with an average of 1.6 million. At 8 p.m., “Next Level Chef” achieved a 0.45 rating and total viewership of 2 million, while the 9 p.m. airing of “Animal Control” received a rating score of 0.29 in the demo and total viewership of 1.3 million. The nightly finale at 9:30 was “Call Me Kat”, which brought in a 0.27 score in the demo and received 1.2 million total viewers.
CBS was fourth in the ratings with an average of 0.21 in the demo and third in total viewers with an average of 2.9 million. At 8:00 p.m., “Young Sheldon” brought in a ratings score of 0.34 and total viewers of 4.3 million. Subsequently, “Ghosts” drew a 0.29 rating and averaged 3.7 million viewers at 8:30 p.m., while “So Help Me Todd” received a 0.18 rating and “CSI: Vegas” averaged 2.8 million viewers at 9:00 p.m. meet. at 10:00 PM with a 0.14 rating and a total of 2 million viewers.
The CW came in fifth in both ratings with an average 0.05 in the demo and in terms of total viewers with 270,000 viewers. “Walkers” at 8:00 p.m. scored a 0.05 rating and drew in 278,000 viewers, while “Superman & Lois” received a 0.04 rating and totaled 261,000 viewers at 9:00 p.m.
Neither The CW nor Fox air primetime programming at 10 p.m.
Among Spanish-language networks, Univision came in first in ratings with a 0.4 rating in the demo and first for total viewers in primetime with 1.4 million total average viewers. “Perdona Nuestros Pecados” debuted at 8 PM with a ratings score of 0.3 and an average of 1.4 million total viewers. “El Amor Invincible”, which aired at 9 p.m., earned a 0.4 ratings score and averaged 1.4 million viewers before the 10 p.m. airing of “Cabo” brought in a 0.4 rating and averaged 1.4 million viewers.
Telemundo came in second in the ratings in both demo and total viewership, earning an average 0.3 ratings score and bringing in 1.1 million total viewers. “La Casa de los Famos”, which ran from 7 pm to 9 pm, earned a ratings score of 0.3 and attracted an average viewership of 1.3 million. “El Señor de los Cielos” arrived at 9 p.m., earning a 0.4 rating and averaging 1.1 million total viewers. “Juego de Mentires” closed the night at 10 PM with a rating score of 0.2 and an average total viewership of 748,000.
