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RATINGS RECAP: 10/1/15

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Scandal
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder
Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3

CBS
8:00 Thursday Night Kickoff
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
8:30 Thursday Night Football
Viewers: 19.4 million, 18-49 demo: 6.9

NBC
8:00 Heroes: Reborn
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:00 The Blacklist
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 The Player
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

FOX
8:00 Bones
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 Sleepy Hollow
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

On Thursday night, NBC had its drama lineup together for the first time and the results were not terrible from 8-10pm. Week two of Heroes: Reborn was down 1.1 million viewers and four tenths in the demo from last week's two hour premiere. This is not a horrible drop since last week's premiere was hyped and surely got some curious former viewers. We'll see where it settles. At 9pm, The Blacklist returned to its best numbers since March 19. Considering the way its season ended, this has to be viewed as a positive. Its days of being a game-changer are over but it's still in the upper echelon of NBC dramas. It didn't prove to be any sort of help to week two of The Player though as the new drama was down a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo. With NBC having a pretty decent fall so far, this is a pretty glaring weak spot.

On FOX, Bones returned to surprisingly decent numbers with its best demo since December 4. This old show still seems to have a little life in it but that could evaporate as the season goes on and it has to face The Big Bang Theory in a couple weeks. Still, it came back better than most suspected. The news was not as good at 9pm where Sleepy Hollow crashed to another series low at a 1.0 demo. Remember when it was considered a disappointment last year that it premiered at a 2.0 demo? These two shows were a powerful Monday block two years ago but things have fallen hard and fast for Sleepy Hollow. I can't imagine it getting another season.

Over on ABC, the TGIT lineup took a hit across the board but still had a solid night. At 8pm, Grey's Anatomy was down a million viewers and half a demo point. Last week, this was an overperformer so this drop is not surprising. At 9pm, Scandal was down 1.2 million viewers and half a demo point but it was still well above the other two shows. At 10pm, How to Get Away with Murder was down nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. The good news is it didn't drop as much as the other two shows. The bad news is it's another series low, so that's twice in two weeks. Finally, the overtime Steelers-Ravens game on Thursday night football was up significantly from last week's Giants-Redskins game.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Blacklist (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Sleepy Hollow (FOX)
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