The CBS sitcoms were very solid on a slow night.
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).
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Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: GREY’S ANATOMY dropped 0.2 from last week’s 2-hour episode to 2.0. SCANDAL returned from its week off, and despite a major plot event in the previous episode, it was down 0.2 to 1.5. THE CATCH fell 0.1 to 0.9.
CBS: THE BIG BANG THEORY aired a rerun last week, and returned at a steady 3.1. THE ODD COUPLE gained 0.2 from its number over the past 2 weeks (once with a new BIG BANG as lead-in, last week with the rerun) to 1.7. MOM and 2 BROKE GIRLS were each up 0.3 to 1.8s.
NBC: STRONG held at 0.8. As with SCANDAL, THE BLACKLIST was returning after a big plot twist, yet fell 0.1 to 1.3, and GAME OF SILENCE isn’t having any fun at all, down 0.1 to 0.7.
FOX: BONES and AMERICAN GRIT were each down 0.1, respectively to 0.8/0.7.
CW: LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and THE 100 were steady at 0.7/0.4.
ABC airs the season finales of LAST MAN STANDING and DR KEN tonight, with both shows somewhere on the bubble. CW preempts THE ORIGINALS for another run of the CONTAINMENT pilot.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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