Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 11/05/15

With CBS done with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL for the season, Debuted its new Thursday night line up, with exception of 2 BROKE GIRLS. The combo of THE BIG BANG THEORY and LIFE IN PIECES won the 8 p.m. hour. LIFE IN PIECES held its own against GREY'S ANATOMY, pulling similar or better numbers. But, LIFE IN PIECES had worse retention of of BIG BANG this year (-39%) than MOM (-32%) held onto a year ago. ELEMENTARY was down, year-to-year, in total viewers, but up over 30% in the A18-49 demographic.

ABC was second on the night and won the A18-34 demo and the A18-49 demo. All three dramas were at or near their previous ratings for their last aired original episodes. SCANDAL and HWGAWM each won their respective time slots.

FOX and NBC battled it out for the #3 spot of the night. Each tied in the A18-49 demo, but FOX was #3 in the A18-34 demo, while NBC took third in the A25-54 demographic. THE PLAYER was, once again, the worst rated program of the night, from the big four networks.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	7.70 million	1.7	2.2	2.7
CBS	8.80 million	1.3	2.1	2.9
CW	1.20 million	0.5	0.5	0.5
FOX	4.20 million	0.8	1.1	1.3
NBC	4.50 million	0.6	1.1	1.5

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.50	1.9	2.3	2.9
9:00	ABC	Scandal	8.00	1.7	2.3	2.8
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	6.50	1.4	1.9	2.3
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	15.00	2.3	3.8	5.3
8:30	CBS	Life In Pieces	9.20	1.5	2.3	3.2
9:00	CBS	Mom (SP)	8.40	1.1	2.0	2.8
9:30	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	7.20	1.0	1.7	2.5
10:00	CBS	Elementary [R]	6.60	0.9	1.5	1.9
8:00	CW	The Vampire Diaries	1.40	0.6	0.6	0.5
9:00	CW	The Originals	1.00	0.4	0.4	0.4
8:00	FOX	Bones	5.30	0.9	1.2	1.5
9:00	FOX	Sleepy Hollow	3.00	0.6	0.9	1.1
8:00	NBC	Heroes Reborn	4.00	0.8	1.3	1.6
9:00	NBC	The Blacklist	6.30	0.7	1.4	1.8
10:00	NBC	The Player	3.20	0.4	0.7	1.0

* - in millions