Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 10/13/2016
The CW premiered its Thursday night line up and this could be the strongest, most consistent night of the network's schedule. The two shows averaged two million viewers and a 0.6 rating in Adults 18-34, for the night. The CW bested FOX in the A18-34 demo and was right n the heels of FOX in the A18-49 and A25-54 demos. LEGENDS of TOMORROW is right on par with the ratings it pulled for its season finale, back in May, while SUPERNATURAL rose in total viewers hip, but down a tenth of a point int he A18-49 demo, from its 2015 season premiere. So far, SUPERNATURAL is the only series to grow out of its lead in audience.CBS sweeps the night with a decent performance from THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, doubling up #2 ABC younger demo numbers. The game should end up UP from last week's game, which only pulled in 8 million viewers, in preliminary ratings.
NBC has pretty much pulled even with ABC on the night, ad the ABC numbers continue to drop. The 9 PM drama, NOTORIOUS, continue to do great damage on the night and is dragging HTGAWM right along with it.
FOX may end up 5th on the night, as PITCH fails, for the first time, to grow from its ROSEWOOD lead in. both shows pull in the same numbers in all three demographic ratings.
Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:
| Total viewers | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 | |
| ABC | 5.60 million | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| CBS | 9.80 million | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| CW | 2.00 million | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| FOX | 3.20 million | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| NBC | 5.60 million | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Time | Net | Program | P2* | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 |
| 8:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 7.70 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Notorious | 4.00 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 10:00 | ABC | HTGAWM | 4.00 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 8:00 | CBS | TNF Kick-Off | 8.50 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 8:30 | CBS | TNF: SD v DEN | 10.10 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
| 8:00 | CW | Legends of Tomorrow (SP) | 1.80 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 9:00 | CW | Supernatural (SP) | 2.20 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 8:00 | FOX | Rosewood | 3.50 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 9:00 | FOX | Pitch | 2.90 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 8:00 | NBC | Superstore | 4.40 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 8:30 | NBC | The Good Place | 4.20 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 9:00 | NBC | Chicago Med | 6.70 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 10:00 | NBC | The Blacklist | 5.90 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
* - viewers in millions
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