Thursday TV Ratings: ‘Grey’s’ & ‘Young Sheldon’ Split Night, ‘Broke’ Has Solid Debut

A young genius and the medical professionals from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital ruled Thursday night in broadcast television. Young Sheldon, the prequel to The Big Bang Theory, hit a season high in total viewers with nearly 10 million viewers. In the 18-49 demo, the comedy slipped to second behind ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, which drew a 1.4 rating.

The night also saw the premiere of Pauley Perrette’s new sitcom, Broke, which held on to most of its Mom lead-in for a strong first showing. That strong performance in the 9:30 p.m. time slot may have helped CBS’s 10 p.m. entry, Tommy, nab a series high in total viewers with 5.51 million. Also in that 10 o’clock hour, ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder began airing its final six episodes and also hit a season high and its highest total viewers numbers since its November 15, 2018 episode.

Here’s the breakdown for Thursday, April 2, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	Young Sheldon   (CBS)	1.3	9.99
	Station 19 (ABC)	1.1	7.29
	Last Man Standing  (Fox)	0.7	4.10
	Superstore  (NBC)	0.7	3.29
	Katy Keene – R (CW)	0.1	413,000
8:30 p.m.	Man with a Plan  (CBS)	0.9	7.13
	Last Man Standing – R  (Fox)	0.6	2.79
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)	0.5	2.20
9 p.m.	Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)	1.4	7.13
	Mom (CBS)	1.0	7.62
	Will & Grace – R (NBC)	0.3	1.51
	Mental Samurai – R (Fox)	0.5	1.88
	Legacies – R  (CW)	0.0	254,000
9:30 p.m.	Broke  (CBS)	0.9	7.05
	Indebted (NBC)	0.3	1.35
10 p.m.	Law & Order: SVU (NBC)	0.6	3.51
	How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)	0.6	3.03
	Tommy (CBS)	0.6	5.51