Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 07/10/14

It was an easy nightly win for CBS, on Thursday night. the network swept both reported categories and was first in two of the three hours, in one or both of the categories.

BIG BROTHER was the top show in the A18-49 demo,  grabbing a 2.0 rating, and was second in total viewers, behind THE BIG BANG THEORY,  with 6.6 million. That is up from last week's pre-holiday numbers.

The combo of encore episodes if BIG BANG and THE MILLERS, helped keep CBS in first, during the 8 p.m. hour. The two comedies ties HELL'S KITCHEN,  in the demo, with a 1.5 rating. But, the two show out drew Gordon Ramsey, in total viewers.

The two new NBC comedies did OK, by NBC standards. WELCOME TO SWEEDEN did no worse than a PARKS & REC episode. The two sitcomes are nothing more than burn off and will be forgotten by October.

Despite an all original lineup, ABC was nothing more than a 4th place network.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 4.6 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.6 million viewers, 1.4 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.7 million viewers, 0.3 rating in A18-49

FOX - 3.6 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.4 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Black Box	3.60	0.7
9:00	ABC	Rookie Blue	4.90	0.9	36%
10:00	ABC	NY Med	5.20	0.9	6%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	7.90	1.7
8:30	CBS	The Millers [R]	5.80	1.3	-27%
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.20	2.0	7%
10:00	CBS	Extant [R]	3.80	0.7	-39%
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	0.70	0.3
9:00	CW	The Originals [R]	0.70	0.3	0%
8:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen	4.70	1.5
9:00	FOX	Gang Related	2.50	0.8	-47%
8:00	NBC	Hollywood Game night	3.80	0.9
9:00	NBC	Welcome to Sweden	3.50	0.9	-8%
9:30	NBC	Working the Engels	2.80	0.7	-20%
10:00	NBC	Last Comic Standing	3.30	1.0	18%

* - in millions