Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 04/10/14

With ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND now done for the season, ABC was able to boost it's Thursday 8 p.m. ratings and the night as a whole. A new episode, on a special night, of SHARK TANK was #2 in the time period, grabbing 6.6 million viewers and a 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49. That helpd ABC tie CBS for the nightly A18-49 ratings, each with a 2.4 score. With a little regular programming, SHARK TANK on Thursday nights could do a lot to help ABC fix a long troubled slot.

With the added reality competition at 8 p.m., HELL'S KITCHEN posted a season low 4.1 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49. It is down about 20%, or one million viewers, and 23% in the demo ratings, from last week's episode. HK was looking to be on of the few brighter spots on the FOX schedule, but a SHARK bite has wounded it.

NBC had a worse than usual Thursday night as the network struggled to average a one rating in the A18-49 numbers. Both comedies and PARENTHOOD recorded season lows in the A18-49 ratings. The network was last in every hour of the night, excluding the CW.

Also recording a season low, but still strong, was THE BIG BANG THEORY. The 4.6 rating eclipsed the December 5th episode for the lowest number of the season.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 7.9 million viewers, 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 9.8 million viewers, 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 1.1 million viewers, 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 5.0 million viewers, 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 3.0 million viewers, 1.0 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Shark Tank	6.60	1.6
9:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.10	2.5	23%
10:00	ABC	Scandal	9.00	3.0	11%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	16.00	4.6
8:30	CBS	The Millers	12.20	2.6	-24%
9:00	CBS	Two And A Half Men	9.60	2.4	-21%
9:30	CBS	The Crazy Ones	6.90	1.7	-28%
10:00	CBS	Elementary	7.90	1.7	14%
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	0.90	0.3
9:00	CW	Reign	1.20	0.4	33%
8:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen	4.10	1.4
9:00	FOX	American Idol	7.50	1.7	83%
9:30	FOX	Surviving Jack	4.30	1.2	-43%
8:00	NBC	Community	2.60	0.8
8:30	NBC	Parks & Rec	2.60	1.0	0%
9:00	NBC	Hollywood Game Night [R]	2.70	0.9	4%
9:30	NBC	Parenthood	3.60	1.1	33%

* - in millions