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Day five of the first week of the 2017-2018 fall TV season found four dramas returning with their season premieres and a two-hour debut of a new drama.

Here is how all those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Shows:
MacGyver (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 6.6 million viewers
Marvel’s Inhumans (ABC) [Two-Hour DEBUT] – 3.8 million viewers [average]

9 PM Shows:
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 8.5 million viewers
The Exorcist (FOX) [Season Premiere] – 1.7 million viewers

10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 9.8 million viewers

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It was another big night of premieres and new episodes of fall TV shows on the major networks; and while there were a number of comedy premieres/returns as well as sports and some repeats/reality, I only focus on the dramas.

Here is how all those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Shows:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [Two-Hour Season Premiere] – 8 million viewers [average]
Gotham (FOX) [NEW] – 2.8 million viewers

9 PM Show:
The Orville (FOX) [NEW] – 3.7 million viewers

10 PM Shows:
Chicago Fire (NBC) [Season Premiere] – 7.2 million viewers
How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) [Season Premiere] – 4 million viewers

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It was a full night of programming on the major networks as night three of the first week of the new fall TV season gets underway with seven dramas airing their season premieres and one new drama debuting.

Here is how all those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Shows:
Empire (FOX) [Season Premiere] – 6.9 million viewers
The Blacklist (NBC) [Season Premiere] – 6.2 million viewers

9 PM Shows:
SEAL Team (CBS) [DEBUT] – 9.7 million viewers
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [Season Premiere] – 5.7 million viewers
Star (FOX) [Season Premiere] – 5.5 million viewers

10 PM Shows:
Criminal Minds (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 7 million viewers
Chicago P.D. (NBC) [Season Premiere] – 6 million viewers
Designated Survivor (ABC) [Season Premiere] – 5.5 million viewers

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Night two of the first week of the new fall TV season found five returning dramas airing their season premieres and one new drama debuting on the major networks.

Here is how all those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Shows:
NCIS (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 13.1 million viewers
Lethal Weapon (FOX) [Season Premiere] – 4.3 million

9 PM Shows:
This Is Us (NBC) [Season Premiere] – 12.6 million viewers
Bull (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 9.9 million viewers

10 PM Shows:
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 8.7 million viewers
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers (NBC) [DEBUT] – 6.2 million viewers

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Fall TV official started last night with the return of one primetime drama on the major networks and the debut of two new dramas. The rest of the night was filled with reality, comedies and repeats.

Here is how those three dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

10 PM Shows:
The Good Doctor (ABC) [DEBUT] – 11.8 million viewers
The Brave (NBC) [DEBUT] – 6.2 million viewers
Scorpion (CBS) [Season Premiere] – 5.7 million viewers

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Tonight is the official start of the new fall TV season, but folks got a sneak peek at another new fall drama on CBS, but if you want to see more of this particular new show you will have to pay a fee to get CBS All Access.

The rest of the major networks aired repeats, reality and sports.

Here is how that lone drama fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Show:
Star Trek Discovery (CBS) [DEBUT] – 8.2 million [delayed in most markets due to football]

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While this coming Monday is considered the official start of the 2017-2018 fall TV season, last night’s programming saw the end of summer programming and the unofficial beginning of fall programming on the major networks with two fall dramas airing and the final summer drama coming to an end.

Here is how those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Show:
Gotham (FOX) [Season Premiere] – 3.1 million

9 PM Show:
The Orville (FOX) [Regular Timeslot Premiere] – 4 million

10 PM Show:
Zoo (CBS) [NEW – Finale] – 2.9 million

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With only two more official nights of summer programming left on the major networks before the fall 2017-2018 TV season gets under way, here is how the sole drama to air a new episode last night performed:

10 PM Show:
Salvation (CBS) [NEW – Finale – Special Time] – 3.2 million

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It was another typical end of summer night on the major networks last night as we edge even closer to the start of the new fall TV season with only one drama airing a new episode and the rest of the night being filled with repeats and reality.

Here is how that lone drama fared in the overall ratings last night:

10 PM Show:
Somewhere Between (ABC) [NEW – Finale] – 1.9 million

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As summer TV comes to a close, last night’s programming options still mostly consisted of repeats and reality, but one summer drama came to an end.

Here is how that lone drama fared in the overall ratings last night:

10 PM Show:
Midnight, Texas (NBC) [NEW – Finale] – 2.8 million

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