Declines were mostly soft for the evening.
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: NOTORIOUS didn’t have much room to fall after last week’s sagging 1.1 premiere, and luckily for the show it didn’t, holding steady. It was sandwiched by GREY’S ANATOMY (down 0.1 to 2.4) and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (down 0.1 to 1.3).
FOX: PITCH was also relatively stable, dipping 0.1 to 1.0. Lead-in ROSEWOOD crept up 0.1 to 0.8.
NBC: SUPERSTORE had a slightly disturbing 0.3 drop to 1.2, and THE GOOD PLACE was down 0.2 to 1.2. CHICAGO MED lost 0.1 to 1.3, and THE BLACKLIST, despite little competition, fell 0.2 to 1.1.
CBS: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL aired only on NFL Network last night, so CBS was left with reruns (which may be inflated in preliminary numbers because the game was covered locally on CBS affiliates). Currently, both BIG BANG THEORY reruns are at 1.4, the KEVIN CAN WAIT reruns are at 1.3/1.2, and the BULL rerun is at 0.9.
CW: Reruns at 0.4/0.3.
The TV action today is online, where Netflix has launched its latest Marvel series LUKE CAGE, and Amazon has premiered Woody Allen’s CRISIS IN SIX SCENES.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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