Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 09/17/15

The season premiere of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL helped CBS sweep the night in the ratings, as the networked averaged 15.2 million viewers and a 5.1 rating in the A18-49 demographic. The game itself pulled in 16 million and a 5.4 rating in the A18-49 demo. That is well below last year's first game, which hauled in 20.8 million viewers and a 7.5 demo. But, the numbers will rise when finals are released later today.

NBC coasted to a second place finish with some magic. AGT winner, MAT FRANCO covered two hours of primetime, pulling relatively decent numbers, including a 1.4 in the A25-54 demographic. The Jeff Dunham comedy special that preceded it brought in 1.7 million more viewers.

ABC, FOX and The CW all aired encore programming, as all nests are readying for the start of the 2015-16 TV season, just three days away.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.90 million	0.3	0.5	0.8
CBS	15.20 million	4.3	5.1	5.7
CW	1.00 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.40 million	0.4	0.5	0.5
NBC	5.30 million	0.7	1.1	1.6

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy [R]	3.30	0.5	0.6	0.9
9:00	ABC	Scandal [R]	3.00	0.3	0.6	0.9
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM [R]	2.30	0.2	0.4	0.6
8:00	CBS	TNF Kickoff	11.30	2.5	3.3	3.9
8:30	CBS	TNF: KC vs DEN	16.00	4.7	5.4	6.0
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	1.10	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	Arrow [R]	0.90	0.2	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Movie: Screem 3	1.40	0.4	0.5	0.5
8:00	NBC	Jeff Dunham: Unhinged	6.40	0.8	1.2	1.8
9:00	NBC	Mat Franco's Got Magic	4.70	0.7	1.1	1.4

* - in millions