The Breakdown: CBS Thursday in 2019-20 (Young Sheldon, The Unicorn, Mom and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CBS Thursday schedule in 2019-20...

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 1/30/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Good Place Special (0.5) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• The 90-minute series finale of The Good Place (0.7/0.7/0.6), which included live post-show interviews, got the show back into 0.7 territory for the first time since the season premiere and matched its lead-in from Superstore (0.7).

• ABC came back to earth somewhat from last week's crossover premiere night, but still dominated the first two hours with Station 19 (1.0) and Grey's Anatomy (1.1). A Million Little Things (0.6) was down a notch at 10/9c.

• Fox's Last Man Standing (0.7) dropped a tenth, but the newbie lead-outs Outmatched (0.6) and Deputy (0.6) held on pretty well. The CBS comedies (1.0/0.6/0.7/0.6) were even vs. two weeks ago while Evil (0.5) ticked up in its season finale. And the CW was preliminarily on the high end with Supernatural (0.3) and Legacies (0.3).

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 1/16/20

FINALS UPDATE: Evil (0.4) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 1/9/20

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come. A rearranged NBC comedy lineup saw The Good Place (8:30) and Will and Grace (9:00) return to longtime former timeslots, with Perfect Harmony shoved to 9:30. The third night of Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time led into a two-hour Truth & Lies on Jeffrey Epstein.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 12/12/19

FINALS UPDATE: Thursday Night Football (3.4, +0.9) adjusted up.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 12/5/19

FINALS UPDATE: Thursday Night Football (5.0, +1.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come. ABC and NBC dedicated their Thursday to holiday programming, including the ABC original movie Same Time, Next Christmas.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 11/21/19

FINALS UPDATE: Grey's Anatomy (1.4), Law and Order: SVU (0.7), Thursday Night Football (3.8, +1.2) and Legacies (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 11/14/19

FINALS UPDATE: Superstore (0.8) and Thursday Night Football (4.4, +1.1) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 11/7/19

FINALS UPDATE: Thursday Night Football (3.9, +1.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 10/24/19

FINALS UPDATE: Thursday Night Football (3.9, +1.2) adjusted up while Law and Order: SVU (0.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come. NBC's Will and Grace returned at 9:30 for its final season.

Renewology Week 4: Evil Rising and Nervous Nancy

Here's a look at the big Renewology developments in week four.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 10/17/19

FINALS UPDATE: Young Sheldon (1.0), Thursday Night Football (4.2, +1.3) and Legacies (0.3) adjusted up while How to Get Away with Murder (0.4) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Renewology Week 3: The CW's Premiere Week, and the Newbie Mean Reversion

Here's a look at the big Renewology developments in week three.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 10/10/19

FINALS UPDATE: Grey's Anatomy (1.4), Evil (0.6) and Thursday Night Football (4.8, +1.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Renewology Week 2: Stumptown and Prodigal Son Become Renewal Favorites

Here's a look at the big Renewology developments in week two.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 10/3/19

FINALS UPDATE: Thursday Night Football (4.4, +0.7) adjusted up while A Million Little Things (0.8) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Things didn't get any worse for the CBS comedy lineup in week two, with Young Sheldon (1.0) matching last week's prelims (it later adjusted up to 1.1) while The Unicorn (0.8), Mom (0.8), Carol's Second Act (0.7) and drama newbie Evil (0.6) all matched last week's finals.

• On NBC, the 8/7c hour of Superstore (0.8) and Perfect Harmony (0.5) was even, but The Good Place (0.6) fell and, remarkably, so it did its already DOA lead-out Sunnyside (0.3). At 10/9c Law and Order: SVU managed to pull its way up to a 0.7 once again, beating its drama competition.

• ABC Thursday was down across the board with Grey's Anatomy (1.3) losing two tenths and A Million Little Things (0.9) and How to Get Away with Murder (0.5) each down one.

• And Fox's Thursday Night Football (3.7) was actually just a couple tenths below last week's huge prelim; we'll see if it can catch up in finals since the game featured West Coast markets.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 9/26/19

FINALS UPDATE: Young Sheldon (1.1) and Thursday Night Football (5.6, +1.7) adjusted up while A Million Little Things (1.0) and Evil (0.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers and analysis to come. Premiere Thursday debuts included the NBC comedies Perfect Harmony and Sunnyside, along with CBS comedies The Unicorn and Carol's second Act along with drama Evil.

SpotVault - Evil (CBS) - 2019-20 Ratings

Evil

Thursdays, 10/9c, CBS