RATINGS RECAP: 10/22/15

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Scandal
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1

CBS
8:00 Thursday Night Kickoff
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
8:30 Thursday Night Football
Viewers: 17.1 million, 18-49 demo: 5.9

NBC
8:00 Heroes: Reborn
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 The Blacklist
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 The Player
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

FOX
8:00 Bones
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Sleepy Hollow
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

After week to week declines marked the first couple weeks of the season, this week has brought much more stable results and Thursday was no exception with several shows even rising. At 8pm, the ageless Grey's Anatomy was up seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while Scandal was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. For the first time all season, How to Get Away with Murder did not set a new series low as it was also up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. On CBS, a boring game between Seattle and San Francisco did not hurt the ratings as it was up a full demo point from last week's Saints-Falcons game.

On NBC, Heroes: Reborn finally stopped the bleeding as it was down just two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. At 9pm, The Blacklist was also down two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. The Player was actually able to rise two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo but it didn't help matters as the show got its episode order trimmed to nine episodes on Friday (it's currently filming its ninth episode). While not official, that is basically a de facto cancellation. Finally on FOX, Bones was up three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo but that was no help to Sleepy Hollow, which was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo at a weak 0.8. These two shows will have a crossover event next week.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Scandal (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Sleepy Hollow (FOX)