Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 05/12/2016

With two season finales on its schedule, CBS win the Thursday night ratings, grabbing the top numbers in two of the three key demographics, plus hauling in the most viewers. THE BIG BANG THEORY was the #1 show, with 14.5 million viewers and a solid 3.3 rating in Adults 18-49. That is about a 10% increase over last week's episode. At 9:30, 2 BROKE GIRLS ended their season with about half the audience size as BIG BANG, collecting 7.0 million viewers and a 1.7 demo rating.

ABC did win the A18-34 demographic, posting two of the top three ratings n the demo. The season finale of SCANDAL drew 6.6 million viewers, along with a 1.3 rating in the A18-34 demo. It is the best numbers for the spring, since February 18th. Newly renewed THE CATCH tied with cancelled RUSH HOUR, for the 10 PM hour lead.

FOX and NBC battled it out for the scraps, with NBC edging fox for third place. THE BLACKLIST brought in 6.4 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49, for NBC, while BONES was FOX's best with 4.2 million and a 0.8 demo rating.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	6.20 million	1.2	1.6	2.0
CBS	8.00 million	0.9	1.7	2.5
CW	1.60 million	0.5	0.5	0.6
FOX	3.10 million	0.6	0.7	0.9
NBC	4.10 million	0.6	0.9	1.2

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	7.70	1.6	2.1	2.5
9:00	ABC	Scandal (SF)	6.60	1.3	1.8	2.2
10:00	ABC	The Catch	4.20	0.6	0.9	1.3
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory (SF)	14.50	1.8	3.3	4.7
8:30	CBS	The Odd Couple	8.60	0.8	1.6	2.5
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.40	0.9	1.8	2.7
9:30	CBS	2 Broke Girls (SF)	7.00	0.9	1.7	2.5
10:00	CBS	Rush Hour	4.60	0.5	0.9	1.3
8:00	CW	Legends of Tomorrow	1.90	0.5	0.6	0.7
9:00	CW	The 100	1.20	0.4	0.4	0.5
8:00	FOX	Bones	4.20	0.6	0.8	1.1
9:00	FOX	American Grit	1.90	0.5	0.6	0.7
8:00	NBC	Strong	2.60	0.4	0.7	0.8
9:00	NBC	The Blacklist	6.40	0.8	1.3	1.8
10:00	NBC	Game of Silence	3.40	0.5	0.7	1.0

* - in millions