Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 02/22/15

Another Sunday in February, anther huge TV event. This time, it was ABC's turn, with the 87th annual Academy Awards. All of Hollywood came out to pat themselves on the back, bragging 34.6 million viewers, along with 10.3 rating in the A18-49 demographic. Unfortunately, for ABC, that is down over NINE million viewers and 21% in the demo ratings. It is the least watched OSCARS since 2008, when it drew just 32 million. It is only the 3rd time ever the broadcast was watched below 35 million viewers.

The rest of the broadcast networks took the night off, airing repeats and movies. FOX had the better success with this programming averaging a 0.9 demo over the night.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 30.8 million viewers, 8.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 4.6 million viewers, 0.7 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.0 million viewers, 0.0 rating in A18-49

FOX - 2.1 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.2 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	Oscars Red Carpet	19.30	4.6
8:30	ABC	The Oscar Awards	34.60	10.3	79%
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	6.52	0.8
8:30	CBS	Movie: Act of Valor	3.40	0.6	-48%
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.00	0.8
7:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.20	1.0	10%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	3.00	1.2	36%
8:30	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine [R]	1.80	0.8	-40%
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.90	0.8	6%
9:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.90	0.9	0%
7:00	NBC	Dateline	5.40	0.9
8:00	NBC	Chicago Fire [R]	2.30	0.4	-57%
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	2.50	0.5	9%
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD [R]	2.80	0.6	12%

* - in millions