Preliminary Ratings: Monday 09/28/15

NBC had no problem winning the Monday night ratings, sweeping the numbers in every category. Week-to-week, the networks, in general, were down. NBC dropped 700,000 in total viewers and averaged a three tenths of a point fall in each of the three demo ratings. CBS was off by 1.6 million viewers and lost 0.3 points in the A18-34 demo and 0.4 points in the A18-49 demo. FOX lost the least, dropping just 200k in total viewers, but saw the two younger demographic rise by a tenth of a point. ABC lost 200k in viewers and averaged a gain of two tenths of a point in each demo category.

The biggest winner of the week-to-week ratings was CASTLE. It added 0.3 to its A18-34 demo, 0.4 to its A18-49 demo and 0.5 to the A25-54 demographic. But, I suspect some of those gains will drop come finals, as DWTS may have overran into the 10 p.m. time slot.

THE BIG BANG THEORY was the biggest loser, dropping 3.3 million viewers, 0.7 points in the A18-34 demo, 1.1 points in the A18-49 demo and 1.4 points in the A25-54 demo. LIFE IN PIECES was not far behind in the major erosion.

Last week's "hit", BLINDSPOT  held up relatively well. Viewership did drop 1.5 million (-15%) and the three demo graphic lost 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7 points, respectively. Well within normal parameters of a second week of a new series.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	10.40 million	1.3	1.8	2.5
CBS	9.60 million	1.0	1.9	2.7
CW	1.20 million	0.3	0.4	0.5
FOX	3.60 million	1.0	1.3	1.6
NBC	10.90 million	1.9	3.1	3.9

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	11.70	1.4	1.9	2.6
10:00	ABC	Castle	7.80	1.0	1.6	2.1
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	14.90	2.2	3.6	5.1
8:30	CBS	Life In Pieces	8.90	1.0	2.0	2.9
9:00	CBS	Scorpion	9.40	0.8	1.7	2.5
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA	7.50	0.7	1.2	1.7
8:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	1.40	0.3	0.4	0.5
9:00	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway?	1.30	0.3	0.4	0.5
9:30	CW	Significant Mother	0.80	0.2	0.2	0.3
8:00	FOX	Gotham	4.60	1.2	1.6	1.9
9:00	FOX	Minority Report	2.70	0.7	0.9	1.2
8:00	NBC	The Voice	11.80	2.1	3.3	4.2
10:00	NBC	Blindspot	9.10	1.6	2.6	3.3

* - in millions