FInal Broadcast Ratings: October 16, 2014

With its second to last Thursday night game of the season, CBS sweeps the night  as a close game between New England and the New York Jets draw 16.1 million viewers. That is up from last weeks game by a half a million viewers.

ABC was an easy second place as the three dramas place second in each hour, behind the football game. SCANDAL posted season lows, while HTGAWM continues to be the top of the freshman class.  GREY'S ANATOMY was flat, week-to-week.

FOX and NBC, far back in 3rd and 4th place, respectively, were both mostly flat from last week. BAD JUDGE did see losses in both viewership and demographics, but its losses were THE BIGGEST LOSERS gains.

The CW's numbers did jump up a little percent, especially REIGN. The series posted another season high with its 1.3 million viewers.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 9.3 million viewers, 2.9 rating in A18-49

CBS - 14.8 million viewers, 4.9 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.6 million viewers, 0.7 rating in A18-49

FOX - 5.1 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

NBC - 4.3 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	P2+*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.43	2.4	13.20(3.5)	14.20(3.8)
9:00	ABC	Scandal	9.91	2.9	14.30(4.2)	15.10(4.4)
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	9.79	3.4	14.10(3.8)	14.80(4.1)
8:00	CBS	TNF Kick-Off	7.24	2.2
8:30	CBS	TNF (NE v NYJ)	16.09	5.4
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries	1.83	0.9
9:00	CW	Reign	1.27	0.4
8:00	FOX	Bones	6.56	1.7	(2.2)	(2.4)
9:00	FOX	Gracepoint	3.70	0.8	(1.2)	(1.3)
8:00	NBC	The Biggest Looser	4.67	1.3
9:00	NBC	Bad Judge	4.68	1.2
9:30	NBC	A to Z	3.37	1.0
10:00	NBC	Parenthood	4.20	1.3

* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected Live+3 and Live+7:
millions of viewers(18-49 demo rating)