Final Ratings:<\/b> Among adults 18-49, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” tied as Thursday night’s highest-rated dramas.<\/p>\n
“Grey’s Anatomy” was the most-watched Thursday night drama; “Scandal” was second in that regard.<\/p>\n
Per final Nielsen data, “Grey’s” drew a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating with 8.018 million total viewers. Down from the 2.3 and 8.504 million posted by last week’s episode, the performance was still the best for a Thursday night drama.<\/p>\n
“Scandal” followed with the same 2.2 rating but a viewership mark of 7.703 million. Last week’s “Scandal” drew a 2.2 with 8.026 million.<\/p>\n
ABC followed “Scandal” with “How To Get Away With Murder.” This week’s episode drew a 1.9 with 6.710 million; last week’s managed the same 1.9 but garnered a lesser viewership total of 6.487 million.<\/p>\n
“HTGAWM” was the night’s #3 drama in adults 18-49 and #4 drama in viewership (behind “Grey’s”,” “Scandal,” and “The Blacklist”).<\/p>\n
While ABC’s “TGIT” lineup ruled over the drama world, CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” was the night’s top program — scripted or otherwise — overall. It posted a 3.7 with 14.915 million total viewers.
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Fast National Ratings:<\/b> ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” were Thursday night’s top drama programs.<\/p>\n
The two shows tied in adults 18-49. “Grey’s,” meanwhile, carried a slight lead in total viewership.<\/p>\n
Per Nielsen fast national data, “Grey’s” posted a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating and reached 7.988 million total viewers. Last week’s episode, which was the outright #1 drama in both columns, drew a 2.3 with 8.504 million.<\/p>\n
“Scandal” followed with a 2.2 and 7.697 million total viewers. Last week’s episode posted the same 2.2 but a larger 8.026 million viewership total.<\/p>\n
“Grey’s” and “Scandal” led into “How To Get Away With Murder,” which ranked as the night’s #3 drama. Thursday’s “HTGAWM” drew a 1.9 rating with 6.687 million viewers; last week’s posted the same 1.9 but reached 6.487 million.<\/p>\n
— While the “TGIT” lineup led the drama race, CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” was the night’s overall top scripted program. New York City and Buffalo football pre-emptions should result in an atypically great adjustment in the final ratings report, but preliminary data gives it a 3.8 with 15.286 million.
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While both were down slightly from last week’s marks, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” again ranked as Thursday’s top two dramas in the overnight household ratings.<\/p>\n
Fellow “TGIT” series “How To Get Away With Murder,” which was actually up slightly in the overnights, grabbed the #3 position.<\/p>\n
Per Nielsen Metered Market Data, “Grey’s” led the night – among dramas – with a 6.25 overnight household rating. Last week’s episode drew a 6.4.<\/p>\n
“Scandal” followed with a 6.05 overnight household rating, which trailed the 6.35 posted by the previous episode.<\/p>\n
“HTGAWM” then closed then night with a 5.25 overnight household mark; last week’s posted a 5.05.<\/p>\n
The night’s leaders among dramas, the three ABC shows distantly trailed CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” (10.0) in the race among all scripted Thursday night shows.<\/p>\n
Adults 18-49 and total viewership data for the aforementioned programs is due by 11:15AM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[233,76,2325,228],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n