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RATINGS RECAP: 5/15/14

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 Black Box
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 16.7 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9
8:30 The Millers
Viewers: 9.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Two and a Half Men (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:30 Bad Teacher
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 

NBC
8:00 Hollywood Game Night
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Movie: Rosemary's Baby
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

FOX 
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 American Idol
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 

On Thursday night, CBS had a huge rally for The Big Bang Theory after last week's low against the draft. It soared back up 2.3 million viewers and 1.1 demo points for its best season finale numbers yet. At 8:30pm, the season finale of The Millers was up eight tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo. Bad Teacher was down two tenths in viewers and up a tenth in the demo. Elementary closed its season on a down note as it was down a tenth in viewers and the demo for a new series low despite very little competition. On ABC, the final Sandra Oh episode of Grey's Anatomy only saw a little bump as it was up nine tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. It will move to 8pm in the fall so this could be its highest rating for awhile. At 10pm, Black Box was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo.

On FOX, Hell's Kitchen was up six tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 9pm, American Idol rallied nicely as it was up 1.5 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. This little rally perhaps bodes well for the finale next week and maybe it won't be a complete disaster. Finally on NBC, Hollywood Game Night was up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. Part two of Rosemary's Baby did even worse than Sunday as NBC's first miniseries in quite awhile was a failed experiment. But I think it's worth trying again, maybe one of higher quality or with a bigger name attached.

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