Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 01/14/2016

How well did last week's three series premieres hold up in week two? It may depend on your perspective. ABC's MY DIET IS BETTER THAN YOURS only lost 15%, or 300k, in total viewership and the A18-49 demographic only dropped a tenth of a point. But, when you start with just 2.4 million viewers and a 0.7 demo, any number that is not UP is just as bad as where you started from.

On CBS, the sitcom, ANGEL FROM HELL, lost 1.3 million viewers, or 18%, of its total audience of last week. The A18-49 demographic slipped from a 1.6 to a 1.3, down nearly 20%. Not horrible erosion, but not good either. It looks like this comedy will be done come springtime.

Last week's big surprise was how well SHADES OF BLUE DID for NBC. This week, reality set in. Instead of building upon its lead in numbers, SHADES OF BLUE dropped 14% out of THE BLACKLIST. Week-to-week, the series lost two million viewers (-23%) and the A18-49 demo fell a half a point (-28%). SHADES OF BLUE still is a promising series, with more upside than the other two shows of the night, but it must hold steady in week three.

FOX took the night with two hours of AMERICAN IDOL, but the second week dropped 1.5 million viewers and the A18-49 demographic dropped a half a point, from last week's Thursday premiere. It was still the #2 show of the night, in each ratings category.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.80 million	0.6	0.7	1.0
CBS	8.70 million	1.0	1.8	2.7
CW	1.20 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	8.70 million	1.5	2.2	3.0
NBC	5.90 million	0.8	1.3	1.8

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Beyond The Tank	4.10	0.7	1.0	1.3
9:00	ABC	My Diet is Better Than Yours	2.10	0.5	0.6	0.8
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	15.50	2.2	3.7	5.4
8:30	CBS	Life In Pieces	9.30	1.2	2.0	3.0
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.40	0.8	1.7	2.6
9:30	CBS	Angel From Hell	6.90	0.6	1.3	2.1
10:00	CBS	Elementary	5.90	0.5	1.1	1.6
8:00	CW	The World Dog Awards	1.20	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	American Idol	8.70	1.5	2.2	3.0
8:00	NBC	Heroes Reborn	3.80	0.6	1.0	1.3
9:00	NBC	The Blacklist	7.40	0.9	1.5	2.2
10:00	NBC	Shades of Blue	6.60	0.8	1.3	1.9

* - in millions