Thursday TV Ratings: ‘SVU’ & ‘Organized Crime’ Crossover Dominates the Night
Christopher Meloni’s return as Elliot Stabler to Law & Order: SVU wasn’t just good for the story — and fans eager to see him and Mariska Hargitay (who plays Olivia Benson) together again. It was also good for NBC.
First, SVU topped the night, with a 1.6 rating in the key demo among adults 18-49 (a high in almost three years) and 7.6 million viewers (also a high, in four and a half years). To compare, the last new SVU episode (on February 25) had a 0.6 rating and was watched by 3.7 million.
Then, at 10/9c, Stabler’s spinoff Organized Crime, which came in second for the night, premiered at the second half of the crossover with spectacular numbers: a 1.5 rating and 7.6 million viewers.
As for the rest of the night, Grey’s Anatomy, despite the highly-promoted return of Chyler Leigh’s Lexie Grey, was down from last week opposite SVU at 9/8c. Also opposite a Law & Order, at 10/9c, Clarice and A Million Little Things were down from their last new episodes.
And Manifest returned for its third season (at 8/7c) with a 0.6 rating in the key demo and 3.8 million viewers. That’s down from its Season 2 finale (0.7 rating and 4.4 million viewers), which aired on a Monday at 10/9c.
Here’s the breakdown for Thursday, April 1, 2021 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Station 19 (ABC) | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| Young Sheldon (CBS) | 0.6 | 6.4 | |
| Manifest (NBC) | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
| Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) | 0.7 | 2.5 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW) | 0.1 | 758,000 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | United States of Al (CBS) | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 9 p.m. | Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| Mom (CBS) | 0.5 | 4.8 | |
| Law & Order: SVU (NBC) | 1.6 | 7.6 | |
| The Moodys (Fox) | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW) | 0.1 | 602,000 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Bob Positive (CBS) | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| The Moodys (Fox) | 0.2 | 949,000 | |
| 10 p.m. | A Million Little Things (ABC) | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Clarice (CBS) | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) | 1.5 | 7.6 |
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