Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 02/16/2017

CBS takes the night in the A25-54 demographic and in total viewership, despite the low ratings it got from new series, TRAINING DAY. The drama was the lowest rated BIG 4 program of the night and posted series lows, to boot. Since the low rated premiere, two weeks earlier, TRAINING DAY has shed nearly one million viewers and lost 40% in the A18-34 demo and 23% in the A25-54 demo. It is time for CBS to ship TRAINING DAY to CBS All-Access to burn off the rest of the episodes.

ABC was tops in the younger, A18-34 and A18-49 demographics, and tied with CBS on the A25-54 demo. GREY'S ANATOMY was down from last week's numbers, but SCANDAL saw an increase in its ratings, over last week. HTGAWM was mostly flat.

NBC edged out FOX for third place, with CHICAGO MED doing most of the ratings work. The two 8 PM comedies again came in 4th place in the hour. Week-to-week, CHICAGO MED was up a tenth in each of the demo categories, and THE BLACK LIST was flat.

FOX didn't do much on the night, other than toping NBC in the 8 PM hour. MY KITCHEN RULES continues to be dominated against and tied RIVERDALE for last place, in the A18-34 demo, during the 9 PM hour.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	6.10 million	1.2	1.7	2.1
CBS	7.20 million	0.7	1.4	2.1
CW	1.50 million	0.5	0.6	0.6
FOX	2.90 million	0.5	0.9	1.1
NBC	4.60 million	0.6	1.0	1.3

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Greys Anatomy	7.60	1.5	2.0	2.5
9:00	ABC	Scandal	6.10	1.2	1.7	2.1
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	4.60	1.0	1.3	1.6
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	13.30	1.4	2.7	4.0
8:30	CBS	The Great Outdoors	8.10	0.8	1.6	2.4
9:00	CBS	Mom	7.70	0.7	1.5	2.2
9:30	CBS	Life In Pieces	6.20	0.7	1.3	1.8
10:00	CBS	Training Day	3.80	0.3	0.7	1.0
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.80	0.5	0.7	0.8
9:30	CW	Riverdale	1.10	0.4	0.4	0.4
8:00	FOX	Masterchef Jr.	3.70	0.6	1.1	1.3
9:00	FOX	My Kitchen Rules	2.10	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	NBC	Superstore	3.60	0.6	1.1	1.4
8:30	NBC	Powerless	2.50	0.4	0.8	1.0
9:00	NBC	Chicago Med	6.10	0.8	1.2	1.6
10:00	NBC	The Blacklist	4.70	0.5	0.9	1.2

* - viewers in millions