Final Broadcast Ratings: November 13, 2014

It was just a two horse race in Thursday night's broadcast ratings. ABC takes the crown for the A18-49 demographic ratings, with a solid 1-2-3 punch from its dramas. CBS hauls in the most viewers, with the #1 show of the night, THE BIG BANG THEORY.

Each of ABC's three dramas saw growth in one and/or the other reported categories, over last week's numbers. GREY'S ANATOMY was up a couple 100k in total viewership and HTGAWM jumped a tenth of a point in the A18-49 ratings. SCANDAL saw both viewership (+200k) and the demo rating (+10%) grow, week-to-week. The network won both the 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. hours.

CBS' THE BIG BANG THEORY collected its most viewers since the season premiere, getting 16.9 million viewers, and its best A18-49 rating, 4.5, since moving back to Thursday nights. The increased start on the night didn't do much for the rest of the schedule. At best, the comedies were flat, with THE MCCARTHYS dropping from last week.

FOX and NBC battled it out to see who could do worse. FOX edged NBC in both viewership and in the A18-49 ratings, but both networks are losers on the night.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 9.3 million viewers, 2.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 9.9 million viewers, 2.1 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.4 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

FOX - 4.5 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.6 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	P2+*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.36	2.4	12.90(3.5)	14.00(3.8)
9:00	ABC	Scandal	10.05	3.2	14.60(4.6)	15.30(4.8)
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	9.25	2.9	13.40(4.2)	14.10(4.4)
8:00	CBS	Big Bang Theory	16.90	4.5
8:30	CBS	Mom	11.07	2.6
9:00	CBS	Two & A Half Men	8.75	2.1
9:30	CBS	The McCarthys	6.36	1.4
10:00	CBS	Elementary	6.53	1.0		(2.1)
8:00	CW	Vampire Diaries	1.54	0.7
9:00	CW	Reign	1.19	0.4
8:00	FOX	Bones	5.50	1.3
9:00	FOX	Gracepoint	3.49	0.8
8:00	NBC	Biggest Looser	4.52	1.2	5.30(1.5)	5.50(1.6)
9:00	NBC	Bad Judge	3.20	0.9	4.50(1.2)	4.70(1.3)
9:30	NBC	A to Z	2.35	0.6	2.90(0.9)	3.00(0.9)
10:00	NBC	Parenthood	3.61	1.0	5.60(1.9)	6.00(2.0)

* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected Live+3 and Live+7:
millions of viewers(A18-49 demo rating)