Final Broadcast Ratings: March 19, 2015

ABC, FOX and CBS had a tight battle for the top spots in Thursday's broadcast ratings. FOX was the most watched network, beating ABC by 1.3 million viewers and CBS by three million viewers. But, ABC edged FOX and CBS for the A18-49 rating crown, with a 1.9 mark. NBC was a non factor on the night, averaging placing 4th in both reported ratings categories.

ABC had the top two programs in the A18-49 ratings, with GREY'S ANATOMY and SCANDAL, but AMERICAN CRIME drug the average down enough to allow FOX and CBS to make it a tight race. But, spring time is hitting the network hard as SCANDAL is down 20%, in the demo, from two week's earlier. During the same period, GREY'S is off by 13%.

AMERICAN IDOL was the second most watched show of Thursday night and pushed FOX to a rare viewership win, on the night. The ratings are near identical from last week's numbers.

The only decent showing NBC had was THE BLACKLIST at 9 p.m., and tied for a second place finish in the demo. The other two programs of the night are not solving the issues NBC has. It is time for them to move THE BLACKLIST back to Mondays and allow THE NIGHT SHIFT to help build the 10 p.m. slot, on Thursdays.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 7.1 million viewers, 1.9 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.5 million viewers, 1.7 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.3 million viewers, 0.5 rating in A18-49

FOX - 8.5 million viewers, 1.8 rating in A18-49

NBC - 6.1 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	P2+*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	7.73	2.1	12.10(3.0)	13.10(3.3)
9:00	ABC	Scandal	7.79	2.4	11.60(3.4)	12.10(3.6)
10:00	ABC	American Crime	5.54	1.2	9.20(2.0)	9.90(2.1)
8:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	5.51	1.6
8:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	5.46	1.8
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries	1.59	0.7
9:00	CW	Reign	1.09	0.3
8:00	FOX	American Idol	8.51	1.8
8:00	NBC	Dateline	6.47	1.2	(2.2)	(2.4)
9:00	NBC	The Blacklist	8.64	1.8	12.87(3.2)	13.80(3.5)
10:00	NBC	The Slap	3.18	0.7	4.44(1.0)	4.60(1.0)

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

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