Primetime Ratings: ‘2 Broke Girls’ Debuts Flat
For the second week in a row, ABC and CBS are co-champions in the Thursday ratings race. Both showed a 2.1 rating in adults 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, along with a 7 share. NBC trailed at 1.1/4, then Fox at 1.0/3 and The CW at 0.5/2.
CBS offered The Big Bang Theory, whose booming 3.8 was level with last week, then Life in Pieces at a similarly flat 2.3. Comedy Mom’s 2.2 was up 10% and the season premiere of 2 Broke Girls hit 2.0, same as it signed off to last spring. Drama Elementary then scored a flat 1.3.
The New York Jets-Buffalo Bills game, which aired on NFL Network, was simulcast on CBS in New York and Buffalo.
For ABC, medical stalwart Grey’s Anatomy scored a 2.2, down 4% from last week, then Scandal’s 2.2 was also down 4%, while How to Get Away With Murder scored a 1.9, which was flat with last week.
NBC’s Heroes Reborn registered a 1.1, off 15% week to week, then Blacklist a 1.4 and The Player a 0.7—both flat with last week’s performances.
On Fox, Bones had a 1.1, off 8%, before Sleepy Hollow posted a flat 0.9.
The CW’s dramas were both level with last week, The Vampire Diaries at 0.6 and The Originals at 0.4.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.