Preliminary ratings: Thursday 04/19/2018

The series finale of SCANDAL ended on a positive not, growing by over 40% from last week's ratings and winning the 10 PM time slot. The drama helped ABC win the A18-34 demographic, for the night, and keep the network competitive against CBS in the other categories.

CBS did win the night, as the four comedies won their respective time slots, but SWAT was in last place, during the 10 PM hour.

NBC, FOX and The CW all tied in the A18-34 demographic. NBC edged out FOX for third, which edged out The CW for forth.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.90 million	0.9	1.3	1.8
CBS	8.30 million	0.7	1.4	2.2
CW	1.60 million	0.4	0.5	0.6
FOX	2.40 million	0.4	0.6	0.8
NBC	3.10 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
UNI	1.50 million	--	0.5	--
TEL	1.20 million	--	0.4	--

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	6.90	1.1	1.6	2.1
9:00	ABC	Station 19	5.40	0.7	1.1	1.5
10:00	ABC	Scandal	5.40	0.9	1.3	1.7
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	12.60	1.2	2.4	3.6
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon	11.40	0.8	1.9	3.0
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.80	0.7	1.4	2.3
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces	6.30	0.5	1.0	1.6
10:00	CBS	SWAT	5.30	0.4	0.9	1.3
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.80	0.4	0.6	0.7
9:00	CW	Arrow	1.30	0.3	0.4	0.5
8:00	FOX	Gotham	2.20	0.4	0.6	0.8
9:00	FOX	Showtime at the Apollo	2.50	0.4	0.6	0.8
8:00	NBC	Superstore	2.80	0.5	0.8	1.0
8:30	NBC	AP Bio	1.90	0.4	0.6	0.8
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace [R]	1.80	0.2	0.4	0.7
9:30	NBC	Champions	1.70	0.3	0.4	0.6
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	5.20	0.6	1.0	1.3

* - viewers in millions