Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 07/09/15

CBS, on the strength of BIG BROTHER, swept the night in the TV ratings, as the summer reality series posted the night's best numbers. BIG BROTHER was up, week-to-week, with slight gains in total viewership and the two older demographic groups, but the A18-34 demo remained flat. UNDER THE DOME was mixed, from the previous week, with viewership down, but thew A18-34 demo was up.

FOX and ABC battled it out for that distant second place finish, with FOX getting the edge in the individual demographic categories, while ABC drew more total viewers. Of the five programs, between the two networks, only WAYWARD PINES was able to post a 1.0 rating, or better, in the A18-49 demographic.

Week two of FOOD FIGHTERS, on NBC, saw slight gains over the premiere. The A18-49 rating rose a tenth of a point, while the A25-54 demo shows a 33% gain. Unfortunately, for NBC, AQUARIUS and HANNIBAL still suck in the ratings, no matter the increase of the 8 p.m. program.

The CW debuted its newest series, DATES, to less than stellar numbers. The dating series aired two episodes, with the second episode losing about 30% of its viewers and half of the A18-34 and A18-49 audiences, from the first episode. However, it still did better than last week's repeat of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.00 million	0.5	0.8	1.1
CBS	6.00 million	0.9	1.4	2.0
CW	0.80 million	0.2	0.2	0.3
FOX	2.80 million	0.6	0.9	1.2
NBC	2.40 million	0.3	0.6	0.8

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Astonaut Wives Club	4.30	0.4	0.8	1.2
9:00	ABC	Mistresses	3.50	0.6	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	Rookie Blue	4.20	0.4	0.7	1.0
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	6.80	0.8	1.4	2.1
8:30	CBS	Mom [R]	5.90	0.7	1.2	1.9
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	5.90	1.3	1.9	2.4
10:00	CBS	Under The Dome	5.10	0.6	1.0	1.5
8:00	CW	Beauty & The Beast	0.90	0.2	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Dates	0.70	0.2	0.2	0.2
9:30	CW	Dates	0.50	0.1	0.1	0.2
8:00	FOX	Boom!	2.20	0.5	0.7	0.9
9:00	FOX	Wayward Pines	3.30	0.7	1.0	1.4
8:00	NBC	Food Fighters	3.30	0.4	0.8	1.2
9:00	NBC	Aquarius	2.50	0.2	0.5	0.7
10:00	NBC	Hannibal	1.40	0.2	0.4	0.5

* - in millions