Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 07/31/14

CBS cruised to a victory sweep, on Thursday night, with it's combination of comedy, reality and drama. NBC and ABC split for secondplace, on the night, and FOX is a distant 4th place.

BIG BROTHER was the top program of the night, in the A18-49 ratings, grabbing a 2.1 score. Only a repeat of THE BIG BANG THEORY (#1 in viewership) was close, getting a 1.6 rating. BIG BROTHER is on par with the numbers it generated last Thursday night.

ABC's all original line up included the series premiere of THE QUEST, which did no better than what BLACK BOX had been collecting over the summer. THE QUEST was 3rd in it's time slot, beating only a repeat of SLEEPY HOLLOW, on FOX. Not a good start for the reality series.

ROOKIE BLUE was 3nd in the 9 p.m. hour, behind BIG BROTHER, and NY MED was the most watched show of the 10 p.m. hour. NY MED was the third most watched program of the night.

NBC's comedies are a complete non factor, basically tying FOX's GANG RELATED for 3rd place. When finals are released, I would not be surprised to see NBC 4th in the hour.

LAST COMIC STANDING did win it's time slot, in the A18-49 ratings, but it is a much weaker show now, than it was just a few weeks earlier. It was the least watched show of the late hour of primetime.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 4.3 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.4 million viewers, 1.4 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.6 million viewers, 0.1 rating in A18-49

FOX - 2.0 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.2 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Quest	2.80	0.7
9:00	ABC	Rookie Blue	4.50	0.9	61%
10:00	ABC	NY Med	5.50	1.0	22%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	7.20	1.6
8:30	CBS	The Millers [R]	5.40	1.2	-25%
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.20	2.1	15%
10:00	CBS	Elementary [R]	3.70	0.7	-40%
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries [R]	0.60	0.1
9:00	CW	The Originals [R]	0.60	0.1	0%
8:00	FOX	Sleepy Hollow [R]	1.80	0.5
9:00	FOX	Gang Related	2.30	0.7	28%
8:00	NBC	Hollywood Game Night [R]	4.00	1.0
9:00	NBC	Welcome to Sweden	2.60	0.7	-35%
9:30	NBC	Working the Engels	1.90	0.6	-27%
10:00	NBC	Last Comic Standing	3.30	1.1	74%

* - in millions