Preliminary Ratings: Monday 05/09/2016

NBC wins the night, taking all three key demographic categories and bringing in the second most viewers of the night. The key to the NBC win was a relatively strong showing at 10 PM, as BLINDSPOT beat castle, in the demos, by 30% and PERSON OF INTEREST by 40%.

ABC was the most watched network, with DANCING WITH THE STARS the top viewed program of the night. DWTS was #2 in each of the three key demos, behind a soft THE VOICE showing. CASTLE was up, week-to-week, across the board.

CBS was a competitive third place, but having a completely different Monday line up, than from just three weeks earlier, ill have its draw backs. Having two episodes a week for both THE ODD COUPLE and PERSON OF INTEREST appears to not be bringing viewers in as CBS may have wanted. But then again, CBS is looking at both series as burn-off.

FOX was a distant fourth place, finishing over 3.5 million viewers and a half a point in the A18-49 demo, behind #3 CBS. HOUDINI & DOYAL is a complete flop, dropping 50% of itsof its lead in audience and ranking last, from a big 4 network.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	9.80 million	0.9	1.6	2.2
CBS	6.70 million	0.7	1.4	2.0
CW	0.90 million	0.2	0.3	0.3
FOX	3.10 million	0.7	0.9	1.2
NBC	8.30 million	1.2	1.9	2.5

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	DWTS	11.20	1.1	1.8	2.5
10:00	ABC	Castle	6.90	0.6	1.1	1.6
8:00	CBS	Mike & Molly	7.80	0.8	1.6	2.4
8:30	CBS	Mike & Molly	7.90	0.9	1.7	2.5
9:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	7.40	0.9	1.5	2.4
9:30	CBS	The Odd Couple	5.80	0.7	1.3	1.9
10:00	CBS	Person Of Interest	5.70	0.5	1.0	1.5
8:00	CW	Reign	0.80	0.2	0.3	0.3
9:30	CW	Jane the Virgin	0.90	0.3	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Gotham	3.70	0.9	1.2	1.5
9:00	FOX	Houdini & Doyle	2.40	0.4	0.6	0.8
8:00	NBC	The Voice	9.60	1.3	2.1	2.9
10:00	NBC	Blindspot	5.70	0.9	1.4	1.8

* - in millions