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RATINGS RECAP: 2/19/15

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
9:00 Scandal
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 17.5 million, 18-49 demo: 4.5
8:30 The Odd Couple
Viewers: 13.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
9:00 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 13.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC
8:00 The Slap
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 The Blacklist
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Allegiance
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

FOX
8:00 American Idol
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Backstrom
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

Thursday night had a series premiere and finale on CBS. First up though was The Big Bang Theory, which was up four tenths in viewers and down a tenth in the demo from its last airing two weeks ago. Then, the reboot of The Odd Couple premiered to solid numbers. It was better than anything Mom has gotten in this timeslot, but it also seemed like the sampling could have been a bit higher. We'll see how it does in the weeks to come, especially when it has to follow a Big Bang repeat (something Mom has shined during). At 9pm was the one hour series finale of Two and a Half Men. It delivered the show's best numbers since May 2013, but it didn't have a mammoth spike. This was a show that probably stayed a year or two too long and it didn't bring back all its old fans like How I Met Your Mother did last year. The big lead-ins didn't help Elementary much as it was up just three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo.

ABC's TGIT lineup had a great night with every show rising despite the increased competition on CBS. Grey's Anatomy and Scandal were both up three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo while How to Get Away with Murder was up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo ahead of next week's two hour season finale. NBC started things off with week two of The Slap down a big 1.1 million viewers and three tenths in the demo from its series premiere last week. No surprise there. The best news for NBC came at 9pm where The Blacklist didn't fall again against more competition. It was down half a million viewers but even in the demo. This is still way too low, but another drop would have been devastating. At 10pm, Allegiance was down four tenths in viewers but up two tenths in the demo, which probably bought it another week. Finally on FOX, American Idol was down six tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a season low while Backstrom was down nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for a series low.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Two and a Half Men (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Slap (NBC)

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