RATINGS RECAP: 1/15/15

ABC
8:00 The Taste
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 12.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
8:30 Mom
Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:30 The McCarthys
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo; 1.1
9:00 Bad Judge
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:30 A to Z
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5
10:00 Parenthood
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6

Thursday night was a troubling night for the new season of American Idol. It was down a rough eight tenths in viewers and half a demo point from last week. This is awfully early for the show to be dipping into the mid 2s in the demo so that doesn't bode well as the season goes on. The CBS lineup did not have a new lead-in from The Big Bang Theory. The rest of the lineup held up OK but dropped across the board. Mom was down 1.5 million viewers and three tenths in the demo. That might look like a big drop but it's lead in was over two points down in the demo. Two and a Half Men was down seven tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo, The McCarthys was down a million viewers and two tenths in the demo, and Elementary was down half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo.  The NBC lineup was also down across the board. The Biggest Loser and Parenthood were both down two tenths in the demo while the comedies, which end next week, were down a tenth in the demo. Finally on ABC, The Taste was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Mom (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: A to Z (NBC)