Final Broadcast Ratings: February 22, 2015

Another Sunday in February, anther huge TV event. This time, it was ABC's turn, with the 87th annual Academy Awards. All of Hollywood came out to pat themselves on the back, bragging 37.26 million viewers, along with 10.3 rating in the A18-49 demographic. Unfortunately, for ABC, that is down over 6.4 million viewers and 12% in the demo ratings. It is the least watched OSCARS since 2009, when it drew just 36.3 million. this is the third time, in five years, the event has drawn under 40 million viewers.

The rest of the broadcast networks took the night off, airing repeats and movies. FOX had the better success with this programming averaging a 0.9 demo over the night.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 30.8 million viewers, 8.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 4.4 million viewers, 0.7 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.0 million viewers, 0.0 rating in A18-49

FOX - 2.1 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.2 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	P2+*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	Oscars Red Carpet	12.94	2.7
7:30	ABC	Oscars Red Carpet	16.93	4.1	31%
8:00	ABC	Oscars Red Carpet	23.81	6.4	41%
8:30	ABC	The Academy Awards	37.26	11.0	56%
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	6.37	0.8
8:30	CBS	Movie: Act of Valor	3.23	0.6	-49%
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.01	0.8
7:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.22	1.0	10%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.93	1.2	32%
8:30	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine [R]	1.74	0.8	-41%
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.94	0.9	11%
9:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.93	0.9	-1%
7:00	NBC	Dateline	5.40	0.9
8:00	NBC	Chicago Fire [R]	2.40	0.4	-56%
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	2.44	0.5	2%
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD [R]	2.78	0.6	14%

* - in millions


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