Preliminary Ratings: Monday 04/27/15

ABC and NBC were the top two networks of the night, as each network's competition series claimed a night's best ratings. DANCING WITH THE STARS was the most watched program of the night, collecting 13 million viewers. THE VOICE was tops in the younger demographic ratings, pulling a 2.7 in the A18-49 demo. DWTS was second in the demos and THE VOICE was the second most watched program of the night.

CBS took a hit with SCORPION done for the season. STALKER solidified its walking papers by retaining just 56% of the total viewers and 64% in the demo, of what SCORPION drew last week. CBS went from contender to a distant 3rd, with the line up change. But, that did not affect NCIS: LA. Viewership was off, but it held onto 100% of its A18-49 ratings, week-to-week. it was also the top program, in the demo, for the 10 p.m. hour.

GOTHAM was up, over last week's numbers, but that is still only good enough for 4th place.  But, with CBS much weaker, FOX has a chance at a 3rd place finish, before the end of the season.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	Weekly Diff	A18-49	A25-54+
ABC	11.5 million	-2%	1.8	2.5
CBS	7.1 million	-22%	1.5	2.0
CW	1.1 million	-8%	0.5	0.5
FOX	4.1 million	+5%	1.4	1.7
NBC	8.9 million	+1%	2.2	3.1

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Dancing With the Stars	13.00	2.0	2.8
10:00	ABC	Castle	8.50	1.3	2.0
8:00	CBS	2 Broke Girls	7.10	1.7	2.4
8:30	CBS	Mike & Molly	7.50	1.8	2.6
9:00	CBS	Stalker	6.00	1.4	1.8
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA	7.90	1.4	1.8
8:00	CW	The Originals	1.10	0.5	0.5
9:00	CW	Jane The Virgin	1.10	0.4	0.4
8:00	FOX	Gotham	4.60	1.5	1.9
9:00	FOX	The Following	3.60	1.2	1.5
8:00	NBC	The Voice	10.60	2.7	3.7
10:00	NBC	The Night Shift	5.40	1.3	1.8

* - in millions