None of the newcomers were impressive.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
NBC: The Thursday line-up continues to be a moderate success sandwiched by flops. STRONG made its Thursday debut at 0.8, down 0.1 from Wednesday’s soggy preview. That was the same lead-in THE BLACKLIST got last week from a LITTLE BIG SHOTS rerun, and BLACKLIST went up 0.1 to 1.3. GAME OF SILENCE fell an awful 0.6 from its own post-VOICE preview to 0.8.
FOX: BONES returned at 0.9, about on par with what it was doing last fall, and AMERICAN GRIT showed little with a 0.8 premiere.
ABC: Two hours of that sturdy old warhorse GREY’S ANATOMY took the night (admittedly one without a new BIG BANG THEORY), up 0.1 from last week’s hour to 2.2. THE CATCH, however, even with a half-point more lead-in than it got last week from SCANDAL, lost 0.1 to 1.0.
CBS: All four of the night’s sitcoms–the BIG BANG THEORY rerun, and new episodes of THE ODD COUPLE, MOM and 2 BROKE GIRLS–were at 1.5. That was steady for the first two originals and a 0.1 bump for GIRLS. RUSH HOUR held at last week’s 0.9.
CW: LEGENDS OF TOMORROW were both stable at 0.7/0.4.
With SLEEPY HOLLOW done for the season (at least), FOX airs 2 hours of HELL’S KITCHEN tonight.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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