Schedules Plus: Network Averages on Thursday

This is a compilation of all the broadcast networks' Schedules Plus averages on Thursday, providing a look at how the network race has evolved over time on this night. These averages come directly from the night's Schedules Plus posts, which are linked in the table headers below. As with the individual Schedules Plus, it is important to keep in mind that these are not averages of every single thing that aired on the network, but just the most frequent occupant in each timeslot in each section of the year. See the Schedules Plus primer for more. The 'Avg' column and the charts cover only ratings for the big four networks.

Full-Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
2001-02	62	163	247	62	59	36	134
2002-03	43	179	217	34	48	23	118
2003-04	61	188	217	40	48	24	127
2004-05	47	196	169	62	45	39	119
2005-06	55	179	118	60	30	47	103
2006-07	152	144	110	50	44		44	114
2007-08	132	143	104	81	44		44	115
2008-09	120	132	107	74	49		49	108
2009-10	122	126	83	92	52		52	106
2010-11	107	123	88	87	46		46	101
2011-12	104	133	77	136	44		44	112
2012-13	110	153	66	119	44		44	112
2013-14	119	137	62	87	42		42	101
2014-15	163	127	67	62	33		33	105
2015-16	141	125	81	65	34		34	103
2016-17	116	121	92	66	55		55	99
AVERAGES:	103	148	119	74	44		44	111

Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
2001-02	65	156	250	64	58	38	134
2002-03	39	183	241	36	51	22	125
2003-04	64	187	209	38	51	24	124
2004-05	45	201	178	60	42	44	121
2005-06	52	187	121	60	35	49	105
2006-07	153	147	118	50	46		46	117
2007-08	142	149	108	72	47		47	118
2008-09	127	140	112	75	51		51	113
2009-10	144	131	87	91	54		54	113
2010-11	114	129	89	87	51		51	105
2011-12	107	134	81	136	49		49	115
2012-13	109	154	65	122	49		49	113
2013-14	122	143	65	87	48		48	104
2014-15	173	123	68	67	37		37	108
2015-16	161	125	84	71	34		34	110
2016-17	118	126	102	66	55		55	103
AVERAGES:	108	151	124	74	47		47	114

Winter

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
2001-02	59	169	249	60	63	36	134
2002-03	71	152	200	57	45	32	120
2003-04	61	205	243	52	49	29	140
2004-05	55	203	158	64	48	25	120
2005-06	99	176	116	113	27	54	126
2006-07	161	144	106	51	45		45	116
2007-08	113	100	94	103	43		43	102
2008-09	132	135	99	117	51		51	121
2009-10	106	126	81	109	51		51	105
2010-11	119	121	91	215	45		45	137
2011-12	111	146	67	159	43		43	121
2012-13	108	164	65	154	44		44	123
2013-14	49	141	57	111	43		43	90
2014-15	44	139	79	110	33		33	93
2015-16	53	128	78	150	51		51	102
2016-17	141	122	83	81	41		41	107
AVERAGES:	93	148	117	107	44		44	116

Spring

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
2001-02	66	160	248	58	51	34	133
2002-03	50	154	205	39	45	18	112
2003-04	40	174	276	52	40	22	136
2004-05	42	187	140	60	45	30	107
2005-06	59	159	110	68	24	43	99
2006-07	143	127	86	71	39		39	107
2007-08	138	130	94	79	39		39	110
2008-09	120	107	90	98	46		46	104
2009-10	103	121	85	86	50		50	99
2010-11	106	109	81	185	39		39	120
2011-12	95	122	61	136	37		37	104
2012-13	112	138	65	120	39		39	109
2013-14	113	123	58	85	35		35	95
2014-15	113	120	64	56	28		28	88
2015-16	108	114	61	53	37		37	84
2016-17	105	110	73	63	36		36	88
AVERAGES:	95	135	112	82	39		39	106