RATINGS RECAP: 6/25/15

ABC
8:00 The Astronaut Wives Club
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Mistresses
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Rookie Blue
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

CBS
8:00 Big Brother
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Under the Dome
Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Aquarius
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
10:00 Hannibal
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

FOX
8:00 Boom!
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Wayward Pines
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

On Thursday night, CBS started things with Big Brother, which was on par with its Wednesday premiere. At 9pm was the two hour premiere of Under the Dome. It returned to near series lows levels but it could have been worse. We'll see if it can be steady this year with a more consistent lead-in. FOX had the series premiere of Boom! with a very weak 2.5 million viewers and 0.9 demo. The news was much better for Wayward Pines, which was down seven tenths in viewers but even in the demo despite a lot of scripted competition. I know this was pegged as an event series but I wouldn't be shocked if FOX tries to find a way to bring it back. It's been one of the few summer shows to get any traction.

It was a disastrous night for ABC where nothing was above a 0.8 demo. The Astronaut Wives Club was down a million viewers and three tenths in the demo from last week's premiere. After a weak but acceptable premiere, this was a pretty bad drop. At 9pm, Mistresses was down half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo from last week's season premiere. Rookie Blue returned at 10pm to a terrible series low at a 0.6 demo. Finally on NBC, Dateline NBC was up six tenths in viewers and even in the demo while the two dramas were each down a tenth in the demo to new series lows. But Aquarius is coming back and Hannibal is not.