THE BIG BANG THEORY, not so big.
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.
CBS: On a night when no other show moved by more than a tenth, THE BIG BANG THEORY took a half-point plunge from last week to 2.9, the first time the show has dipped below a 3 since the 2007-08 season. THE ODD COUPLE and MOM were each down a more manageable 0.1 to 1.6, while 2 BROKE GIRLS and RUSH HOUR held at last week’s 1.6/0.9.
ABC: GREY’S ANATOMY remained at 2.0, and SCANDAL and THE CATCH were each down 0.1, respectively to 1.5 and 0.9.
NBC: STRONG dropped 0.1 to 0.6, THE BLACKLIST stayed at 1.2, and GAME OF SILENCE rose 0.1 to 0.7.
FOX: It was up 0.1 for BONES (0.9) and down 0.1 for AMERICAN GRIT (0.6).
CW: LEGENDS OF TOMORROW lost 0.1 to 0.6, and THE 100 was stable at 0.4.
NBC shakes things up tonight with an ADELE LIVE IN NEW YORK special, and FOX preempts its line-up for a run of the movie THINK LIKE A MAN.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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