RATINGS RECAP: 2/12/15

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Scandal
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
8:30 Mom
Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:30 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 The Slap
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 The Blacklist
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Allegiance
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Backstrom
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

The second week of NBC's new Thursday lineup really couldn't have gone worse. First up, The Slap was DOA as expected. The only positive news was it did pretty much exactly what Allegiance did a week ago with a big lead-in. But that's more an indictment of Allegiance than praise for The Slap. Things got pretty ugly at 9pm where The Blacklist took a terrible drop on its second Thursday airing. It tumbled 1.9 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo, easily hitting a series low (the previously low was a 2.3 demo back in January 2014). While I thought last week's result was promising for The Blacklist, nothing good can be said about this performance. It was supposed to be the anchor of a new night for NBC and it can't even sniff a 2.0 demo? Yikes. Keep in mind, perennially low-rated Parenthood ended with a 1.5 demo just two weeks ago. Then at 10pm, Allegiance was completely off the map as it fell 1.3 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. Even though State of Affairs dipped this low, NBC may make a decision sooner rather than later on this flop.

ABC's TGIT lineup held up well even as almost everything else was falling. At 8pm, Grey's Anatomy was down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. Scandal was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo at 9pm. How to Get Away with Murder closed things out up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. CBS had a repeat of The Big Bang Theory at 8pm and it brought down Mom with it this week. more than usual. Mom was down 1.5 million viewers and a rough seven tenths in the demo. When it returns in two weeks, it will be airing at 9:30pm as The Odd Couple will take the 8:30 slot. At 9pm, the penultimate episode of Two and a Half Men was down a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo. Of course, it'll rise next week for the series finale, but I don't think it'll be a huge series finale number. At 10pm, Elementary was even in viewers and down a tenth in the demo. Finally on FOX, American Idol was down a tenth in viewers and the demo while Backstrom had a surprising rally and was up eight tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. I don't see this helping its overall cause, but it was a surprise.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Scandal (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Blacklist (NBC)