RATINGS RECAP: 10/5/15

ABC
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Castle
Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 15.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
8:30 Life in Pieces
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 Scorpion
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3
10:00 Blindspot
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4

FOX
8:00 Gotham
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Minority Report
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

NBC was on top for another Monday. At 8pm, The Voice was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo while week three of Blindspot was even in viewers but down another two tenths in the demo. It seems like it's stabilizing but I'm not convinced it's done dropping yet. Over on CBS, The Big Bang Theory was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Will it be able to get back above a 4.0 demo before it goes back to Thursdays? At 8:30pm, Life in Pieces was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. The good news is it didn't drop but the bad news is that it is now below 50% retention since Big Bang was up this week. I still don't think we'll see this make the move to Thursdays and we'll probably hear something this week or next about it. At 9pm, Scorpion was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo from last week's series low while NCIS: Los Angeles was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

Over on ABC, Dancing with the Stars was up eight tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo, joining Big Bang and Scorpion as the only shows up week-to-week. At 10pm, Castle was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. Both Castle and NCIS: Los Angeles have at least held steady for three weeks since their disappointing 1.2 season premiere demos. Finally on FOX, Gotham was down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo, tying a series low in the demo and hitting it outright in viewers. At 9pm, Minority Report dipped even further, falling half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo to a terrible 0.7 demo. It's time for FOX to pull this off of Mondays now. My suggestion would be to bring Masterchef Junior over to 8pm and move Gotham to 9pm because that would also keep Gotham from having to compete with Supergirl on CBS in a couple weeks. Minority Report could be yanked entirely or burned off on Fridays.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Minority Report (FOX)

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