{"id":125113,"date":"2021-05-14T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=125113"},"modified":"2021-05-14T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:01:23","slug":"cbs-mom-young-sheldon-finales-top-thursday-night-viewership-ratings-tie-with-law-order-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/cbs-mom-young-sheldon-finales-top-thursday-night-viewership-ratings-tie-with-law-order-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS ‘Mom’ & ‘Young Sheldon’ Finales Top Thursday Night Viewership, Ratings Tie With ‘Law & Order’ Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"
A whiz kid and a group of recovering addicts brought CBS to viewership glory as the Young Sheldon<\/em> season four and Mom<\/em> finales were the two most watched programs of Thursday evening.<\/p>\n Young Sheldon<\/em> drew in a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.84M viewers, up from its season four opening (0.7, 6.54M). The Big Bang Theory<\/em> prequel, which stars Iain Armitage, was up against reruns of Grey’s Anatomy<\/em> on ABC and Name That Tune<\/em> on Fox.<\/p>\n In the next time slot Mom<\/em>, starring Allison Janney, closed off its eight-season run (sans Anna Farris) bringing in 6.05M viewers and a 0.7 rating, a 27% rise in viewership and a tenth bump in ratings since its season premiere back in November. Though the finale saw a slight increase from the season premiere, Thursday’s event saw a dramatic drop in ratings from Mom<\/em>‘s series debut in 2013 (2.5\/6).<\/p>\n CBS also saw the first season finale of bubble show B Positive<\/em> (0.5, 4M), starring Annaleigh Ashford and Thomas Middleditch.<\/p>\n Mom<\/em> and Young Sheldon<\/em> proved to be a match for Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson as Law & Order: SVU <\/em>(0.7, 4.46M) and spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime<\/em> (0.7, 4.339M) tied the CBS finales in terms of ratings. On Friday, NBC revealed that the latter Law & Order<\/em> installment has been renewed for a sophomore season.<\/p>\n NBC’s Manifest<\/em>, a bubble show whose fate still remains undetermined heading into the network’s upfront presentation on Monday, drew in an average of 2.85M viewers and a 0.4 rating.<\/p>\n Leading up to its hour-long finale next Thursday, Tim Allen-starrer Last Man Standing<\/em> brought in 2.20M viewers and a 0.3 rating in the 18-49 demo.<\/p>\n At the bottom of the Thursday evening ratings ranks were the CW’s Walker<\/em> (0.1, 0.9M) and Legacies <\/em>(0.1, 0.52M).<\/p>\n See all of Thursday’s primetime ratings below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nRead More About:<\/h2>\n