RATINGS RECAP: 10/26/15

ABC
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 Castle (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 16.3 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4
8:30 Supergirl
Viewers: 13.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
9:30 Scorpion
Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
10:00 Blindspot
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1

FOX
8:00 Gotham
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Minority Report
Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

On Monday night, Supergirl flied high for CBS. But first, the final Monday episode of The Big Bang Theory was up 1.6 million viewers and half a demo point for its best performance since the season premiere. It will return to Thursdays starting next week but first, it provided a powerful lead-in to the new Supergirl. Supergirl delivered 13 million viewers (a high for a new show this season) and a 3.1 demo (tying Blindspot for a new show high). It also stayed steady across the hour, which is an encouraging sign. It has to self-start at 8pm next week but it absolutely got itself off on the right track as there was some real interest here. It led into a 90 minute edition of Scorpion, which was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. The pessimistic view here is a much bigger lead-in didn't make much of a difference while the optimistic view is it held steady despite airing at an odd time and it also delivered the best demo since the season premiere.

The rest of the networks didn't feel a hit from a stronger CBS. On NBC, The Voice was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo and that helped Blindspot steady itself as it was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. There was some question about whether Gotham would be able to co-exist with a fellow superhero show in the hour. The first week seemed to suggest that they have different audiences as Gotham was actually up a tenth in viewers and two tenths in the demo from last week's series low. At 9pm, Minority Report was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. On ABC, Dancing with the Stars was the only show to drop in the demo as it was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Supergirl (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Dancing with the Stars (ABC)