Final Broadcast Ratings: October 15, 2015

CBS did sweep the Thursday night ratings, but for the second week in a row, it had a tough time drawing strong NFL ratings. The Falcons vs Saints game got under last week's game to be the lowest of the season for TNF on CBS. Of course, it didn't help that the LA and NY markets were more interested in Game five of the NLDS, between the Mets and Dodgers.

Overall, ABC was down from last week, but the ratings were more evenly distributed. Just three tenths of a ratings point separated the three Dramas, in the A18-49 demographic ratings.

THE ORIGINALS, on the CW, saw a very welcomed rise in the ratings,. The spinoff series rose over 200,000 viewers from last week's premiere and a tenth in the A18-49 demo.

FOX and NBC tried their hardest to do worse in the the ratings than the other network. The pulled near identical numbers, with NBC having a slightly better viewership total and A18-49 and A25-54 demo. FOX's line up feels old and outdated, while NBC is just airing two shows no one is really interested in. Only THE BLACKLIST stands out, but is sinking with the Thursday night ship.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	7.70 million	1.8	2.2	2.7
CBS	13.70 million	3.6	4.5	5.3
CW	1.30 million	0.6	0.6	0.5
FOX	4.40 million	0.6	1.0	1.4
NBC	5.00 million	0.6	1.1	1.5

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.25	2.3	12.40(3.2)	13.30(3.5)
9:00	ABC	Scandal	8.06	2.4	11.80(3.5)	12.50(3.6)
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	6.81	2.0	10.70(3.1)	11.40(3.1)
8:00	CBS	TNF Kickoff	6.75	2.0
8:20	CBS	TNF Pre-Kick	8.47	2.7
8:30	CBS	TNF: ATL vs NO	14.78	4.9
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries	1.40	0.6
9:00	CW	The Originals	1.12	0.5
8:00	FOX	Bones	5.79	1.1
9:00	FOX	Sleepy Hollow	2.97	0.8
8:00	NBC	Heroes Reborn	4.01	1.1
9:00	NBC	The Blacklist	6.93	1.4
10:00	NBC	The Player	3.99	0.7

* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected ratings: millions of viewers(A18-49 demo rating)