The CMAs were less tuneful this year.
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.
ABC: The CMA AWARDS fell 0.7 from 2014 to 3.8, and on a night when EMPIRE was airing, that meant that it wasn’t the #1 show of the evening.
FOX: After a World Series break, ROSEWOOD returned down 0.1 to 1.5, and EMPIRE dropped 0.2 to a still-mighty 4.6.
CBS: SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS both fell against the CMAs, respectively by 0.1 to 2.0 and by 0.2 to 1.4. CODE BLACK, though, is currently up 0.1 to 1.2.
NBC: THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA gained 0.2 to 1.2, and after taking last week off, SVU was steady at 1.5. CHICAGO PD slipped 0.1 to 1.4.
CW: The hyped appearance of the Constantine character on ARROW may have helped fuel a 0.1 rise to 1.0. SUPERNATURAL, however, lost 0.2 to 0.6.
CBS launches its post-football Thursday schedule tonight, with LIFE IN PIECES following BIG BANG THEORY, then a MOM/2 BROKE GIRLS hour, and winding up with ELEMENTARY. Last year, in the overnights BIG BANG scored 4.1 in its Thursday premiere, MOM aired at 8:30 and was at 2.7, and ELEMENTARY premiered at 1.4.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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