Positioned against the midseason premiere of ABC’s “How To Get Away With Murder,” NBC’s “Shades Of Blue” predictably failed to rise from last week’s deflated performance.<\/p>\n
It did, however, avoid taking another adults 18-49 tumble against the popular 10PM series. It endured only a slight loss in viewership.<\/p>\n
Per Nielsen fast national data, Thursday’s “Shades Of Blue” drew a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating and 5.387 million total viewers. Last week’s episode drew the same 1.1 with a slightly stronger 5.643 million viewership total.<\/p>\n
It surely helps that “How To Get Away With Murder” is not the force it was last year. While the 2015 midseason premiere drew a 3.1 rating and 9.18 million viewers, this week’s episode drew a 1.8 with 5.785 million.<\/p>\n
While not a live+same-day ratings powerhouse, “Shades” has performed respectably in what has become a difficult slot for NBC in recent years. It also receives sizable boosts from DVR viewership. Those factors drove NBC to issue a season two renewal.<\/p>\n
— NBC led into “Shades” with “The Blacklist” (1.4, 6.317 million this week vs. 1.5, 6.493 million last week). It opened its night with 8PM series “You, Me & The Apocalypse” (0.8, 2.960 million this week vs. 0.9, 3.473 million last week).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55780,"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":[210,4165,252,5790],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n