Thursday TV Ratings: NFL Scores With Buccaneers vs. Bears on Fox
There not may be stadiums full of cheering fans these days due to COVID-19 but primetime NFL games are still pulling in TV fans. The streak continued in Fox’s Thursday, October 8 broadcast of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears, which saw the former beat the latter 19-18. The program was easily the top-viewed program of the night in both the 18-49 demo (3.0 rating) and total viewers (10.1 million).
In regular programming and in the 18-49 demo, CBS’ Big Brother took the lead with a 0.9 rating while ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud grabbed more total viewers (4.8 million). The first of seven final Supernatural episodes began airing on the CW and pulled in a strong 0.4 rating, ranking higher than the premiere of NBC’s pandemic situation comedy, Connecting, which grabbed a 0.3 rating and a slim 1.6 million viewers.
Here’s the breakdown for Thursday, October 8, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | NFL Thursday Night Football : Tampa Bay at Chicago (Fox) | 3.0 | 10.1 |
| Big Brother (CBS) | 0.9 | 3.9 | |
| Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) | 0.7 | 4.8 | |
| Connecting – P (NBC) | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
| Supernatural – P (CW) | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Closer Look Thursday (NBC) | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| 9:00 p.m. | Press Your Luck (ABC) | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Dateline NBC (NBC) | 0.4 | 2.4 | |
| Let’s Be Real (Fox) | 0.4 | 1.5 | |
| Young Sheldon – R (CBS) | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| The Outpost (CW) | 0.1 | 504,000 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Mom – R (CBS) | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 10 p.m. | Dateline NBC (NBC) | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Match Game (ABC) | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| Star Trek: Discovery (CBS) | 0.2 | 1.8 |
