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With Mondays (home of the increasingly broken Dancing With the Stars and steady Good Doctor) unchanged….

SUNDAY: The Rookie (averaging a 0.6 demo rating through its first four Sunday airings) may be down a tick from its freshman run, which closed out Tuesday nights, but A) it was fated to dip anyway and B) it’s faring far better than what The Alec Baldwin Show did in the time slot last fall (averaging a 0.3). All told, with Kids Say the Darnedest Things swapped in for DWTS: Juniors, ABC’s shuffled Sunday slate is averaging a 0.6 versus last fall’s 0.7 — and remember, everything is down these days. (RESULT: HIT)

TUESDAY: Now leading out of The Conners, Bless This Mess (averaging a 0.8) is up a tick from its freshman run. And though shy of what gone-too-soon predecessor The Kids Are Alright had been doing (0.9), it’s actually delivering greater retention (67 vs. 56 percent) out of ABC’s top-rated sitcom. Leading out of freshman spinoff mixed-ish (0.8), which has performed steadily, black-ish (0.7) is down a tick from last year but on par with Splitting Up Together’s numbers. Closing out the night, Emergence (0.6) is now performing below The Rookie‘s average in the network’s Death Slot, and has trended down since launch (currently off 35 percent from its premiere). (RESULT: EVEN)

WEDNESDAY: Stumptown opened to a pair of 0.7s and to date is averaging 0.6 — well shy of what A Million Little Things did in the time slot last fall (0.8). The freshman drama meanwhile is down 40 percent in total viewers since launch. That said, it’s leading this fall’s freshman class in DVR playback gains. (RESULT: HIT)

THURSDAY: Having first claimed the #TGIT hammock spot midway through its freshman run, A Million Little Things is delivering sliiiightly better retention (62 percent) out of Grey’s Anatomy than Station 19 had been, while giving the night a bit more buzz. (RESULT: SLIGHT HIT)

FRIDAY: American Housewife (averaging 0.6) took a hit with the move to Fridays but is matching what Fresh Off the Boat did in the leadoff spot last season. Fresh Off the Boat (0.5), meanwhile, is down a tick from last season but matching Speechless‘ final-season average. (RESULT: EVEN)

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