RATINGS RECAP: 10/8/15

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 Scandal
Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2

CBS
8:00 Thursday Night Kickoff
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
8:30 Thursday Night Football
Viewers: 15.1 million, 18-49 demo: 5.0

NBC
8:00 Heroes: Reborn
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 The Blacklist
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 The Player
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

FOX
8:00 Bones
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Sleepy Hollow
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

It was another night with nearly everything falling on the broadcast networks and that included football as the Colts-Texans showdown fell to a season low by a full demo point. Over on NBC, it's starting to look pretty bad for Heroes: Reborn, which fell another six tenths in viewers and four tenths in the demo. After a decent start, it has dropped four tenths of the demo in each subsequent week. Pretty soon, it's going to be just as weak as anything NBC had here last season. It didn't help matters for The Blacklist, which fell eight tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo from last week's season premiere. At 10pm, The Player was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. It is the second new show to drop below the 1.0 demo (first was Minority Report), but it surely won't be the last.

Everything was down again for TGIT, but it does appear as though things are stabilizing. At 8pm, Grey's Anatomy was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. At 9pm, Scandal was down three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. How to Get Away with Murder closed out the night down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. As I said before, these are stabilizing but it is still the third series low in three weeks for Murder. Finally, FOX was the only network were things were steady. At 8pm, Bones was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo while Sleepy Hollow also matched its season premiere in the demo, and was down two tenths in viewers. These aren't impressive numbers, but Bones did beat Heroes: Reborn in the demo and on a night where every other show dropped, holding steady is no small feat.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Bones (FOX)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Heroes: Reborn (NBC)

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