Preliminary Broadcast Ratings: July 30, 2015

CBS had an easy time winning the Thursday night ratings, winning the first two hours and finishing second at 10 p.m.. BIG BROTHER was up, week-to-week, growing by 500,000 in total viewers and one tenth of a ratings point in each of the three demographic categories. UNDER THE DOME held steady from last week's numbers.

DATELINE allowed NBC to placed second on the night, posting the best numbers by a non-CBS program. it is a vast improvement over the two low rated dramas that had been occupying the 9-11 p.m. slots. Good Move NBC!

ABC is not doing well with its Thursday night dramas. All three don't even come close to getting a 1.0 rating in either the A18-34 or the A18-49 demographics and are lucky when theget four million, or more, viewers for an episode. Luckily, there is FOX to help make it look better than the numbers reveal.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.60 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
CBS	5.70 million	1.0	1.4	2.0
CW	0.80 million	0.1	0.2	0.3
FOX	2.10 million	0.3	0.5	0.7
NBC	4.90 million	1.0	0.9	1.2

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Astronaut Wives Club	4.00	0.5	0.8	1.2
9:00	ABC	Mistresses	3.10	0.5	0.7	0.9
10:00	ABC	Rookie Blue	3.60	0.3	0.7	1.0
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	7.20	0.8	1.5	2.3
8:30	CBS	Mom [R]	5.40	0.6	1.1	1.8
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.30	1.6	2.0	2.4
10:00	CBS	Under The Dome	4.60	0.7	1.0	1.5
8:00	CW	Beauty & The Beast	1.00	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Dates	0.60	0.1	0.1	0.2
9:30	CW	Dates	0.60	0.1	0.2	0.2
8:00	FOX	Boom!	1.90	0.4	0.6	0.7
9:00	FOX	Bones [R]	2.30	0.2	0.4	0.6
8:00	NBC	Food Fighters	3.60	0.5	0.7	1.1
9:00	NBC	Dateline	5.50	0.7	1.1	1.5

* - in millions