RATINGS RECAP: 11/12/15

ABC
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 Scandal
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 14.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7
8:30 Life in Pieces
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Mom
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:30 2 Broke Girls
Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Elementary
Viewers; 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

NBC
8:00 Heroes: Reborn
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 The Blacklist
Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 The Player
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

FOX
8:00 Bones
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Sleepy Hollow
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

This week brought another Thursday where CBS was strong for half an hour and then troubled the rest of the night perhaps partly due to more football preemptions. The Big Bang Theory was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. Not only is it a stronger performer but it also doesn't have football in the same half hour. Life in Pieces was up a tenth in viewers but down a tenth in the demo to tie a series low. Mom was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo from last week's underwhelming premiere. At 9;30pm, the season premiere of 2 Broke Girls hit a series low in total viewers and tied a series low in the demo, but it did build from its Mom lead-in. It's time for this or Mike & Molly to go to 8:30pm and the other at 9;30. It seems like either one would hold on better to its Big Bang lead-in and help the rest of the night more-so than Life in Pieces. The biggest trouble came at 10pm where Elementary was down four tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for easy new series lows This show had a rough fall last season but recovered a bit in the spring but now it's even worse this fall. It was just a tenth ahead of the dead in the water The Player.

On ABC, Grey's Anatomy was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. Scandal was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo. The good news is it didn't drop from its lead-in, the bad news is it couldn't recover from its season low last week. At 10pm, How to Get Away with Murder was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. This TGIT trio has its fall finales next week. On NBC, Heroes: Reborn came mostly back down from its odd spike last week. It was down two tenths in viewers and the demo. At 9pm, The Blacklist was up four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. This show continues to have to be on an island and getting a 1.5 with what it's surrounded by is no small feat. The Player closed things out up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. Finally on FOX, Bones was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. Remind me why this show didn't get a spot on the midseason schedule when it's doing better than a lot of current FOX shows. At 9pm, Sleepy Hollow was dead even with last week.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Elementary (CBS)