Ratings: Broadcast Finals for October 10, 2013

For the second night in a row, every program experienced week-to-week losses, except one, GLEE. The musical comedy series paid tribute to Cory Monteith in Thursday's episode and it brought in the best ratings GLEE has seen in over a year. The 7.4 million viewers and 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49 was good enough to be tied at #1 for the hour, with ABC and CBS, in the demo ratings. But, expect a massive fall next week when the series returns to its normal scripts.

Premiering on the night was the spin-off series ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND, in the 8 p.m. slot for ABC. The show drew just 5.7 million viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49. Year-to-year in the time slot, for ABC, that is a loss of about one million viewers, but up one tenth of a ratings point in the demo. But compared to the series premiere of LAST RESORT, OUATiW was off by 2.5 million viewers and 23% in the A18-49 ratings. Eather way, it is not a good sign of a long run for the new series.

NBC was really hit hard by the ratings drop. four of the five series experienced losses of about 30%, or more, from last week. PARKS & REC's loss was less than 10%, but it was starting out at a low number to begin with.

Interesting that an encore airing of THE ORIGINALS brought in the same number of viewers as did the original airing, two days earlier. This is a great sign for the series and it should perform well for quite a while.
 

Thursday Night Network Averages:

ABC - 7.8 million viewers, 2.5 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 11.0 million viewers, 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 2.2 million viewers, 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 6.9 million viewers, 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 3.4 million viewers, 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	OUAT Winderland	5.74	1.7
9:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.72	2.8	52%
10:00	ABC	Scandal	9.00	3.1	3%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	17.64	5.1
:30	CBS	The Millers	11.91	3.1	-31%
9:00	CBS	The Crazy Ones	9.92	2.4	-17%
9:30	CBS	Two And A Half Men	9.03	2.3	-9%
10:00	CBS	Elementary	8.94	1.9	-1%
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries	2.49	1.1
9:00	CW	The Originals [R]	1.92	0.8	-23%
8:00	FOX	The X Factor	6.29	1.9
9:00	FOX	Glee	7.40	2.8	18%
8:00	NBC	Parks & Rec	3.25	1.2
8:30	NBC	Welcome to the Family	2.50	0.8	-23%
9:00	NBC	Sean Saves The World	3.26	1.0	30%
9:30	NBC	Michael J Fox Show	3.84	1.2	18%
10:00	NBC	Parenthood	3.75	1.2	-2%

* - in millions