Final Ratings Update: Thursday’s “How To Get Away With Murder” was indeed the ABC drama’s lowest-rated and least-watched episode yet.
Per final Nielsen data, the episode drew a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating with 6.272 million total viewers. The numbers, which are both series lows, trail the 2.1 rating and 6.951 million viewership mark posted by last week’s episode.
“HTGAWM” was the night’s #2 non-sports program in adults 18-49 (behind “Scandal”) and #5 non-sports program in total viewership (behind “Scandal,” “The Blacklist,” “Bones,” and “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”).
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In turning away all of last week’s gains — and then some — Thursday’s “How To Get Away With Murder” set new series lows in adults 18-49 and total viewership.
Per fast national data, Thursday’s episode drew a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating with 6.262 million total viewers. The series low numbers trail those of last week’s broadcast (2.1, 6.951 million) by 14% and 10%, respectively.
This week’s “How To Get Away With Murder” received slightly weakened support from its “Scandal” lead-in (2.3 adults 18-49 rating, -8% | 7.770 million viewers, -6%), but its declines were greater than those endured by its lead-in (in terms of both raw numbers and percentages).
And insofar as the second-year “HTGAWM” is fresher than the fifth-year “Scandal,” it should not be susceptible to the burn-out that has likely resulted in the year-over-year “Scandal” decline.
Without an original “Grey’s Anatomy” in the mix, Thursday’s “HTGAWM” ranked as the night’s #2 non-sports program in adults 18-49 (behind “Scandal”), but it slipped to #5 in viewership (beneath “Scandal,” NBC’s “The Blacklist,” FOX’s “Bones,” and ABC’s 8PM “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”).
— The aforementioned “Charlie Brown” special drew a 1.7 with 6.550 million total viewers.
