Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 10/27/2016

CBS premiered its regular Thursday night line up, by winning the night across the board. THE BIG BANG THEORY kicked off the night up in total viewers, from its last Monday night airing. however, the demos were each down a tenth of a point from the Oct. 17 broadcast. New series, THE GREAT INDOORS held decent numbers out of BIG BANG, keeping 64% in total viewers, but only 59% of the A18-49 demographic rating. MOM and LIFE IN PIECES seem to be a good fit in the 9 PM hour, as both comedies drew similar numbers in the demos. LIP did lose 1.2 million in total viewers, from its MOM lead in. And finally, the new medical drama, PURE GENIUS, was competitive with both HTGAWM and THE BLACKLIST. All three dramas drew the same 1.2 rating in Adults 18-49, but GENIUS did win the hour in the A25-54 demo and in total viewers. Something rarely, if ever, ELEMENTARY did last season.

ABC edged out NBC for second place, with the soon to be cancelled NOTORIOUS drops 64% of the A18-49 demo that GREY'S ANATOMY delivered. HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDE is growing out of its horrible lead in, by 50% in the A18-49 demographic.

NBC is doing any better on the night than it has in recent years, it is just the other networks doing a lot worse. The two comedies were third in their time slot, while CHICAGO MED placed second in the 9 PM hour.

FOX continues to struggle on the night, barely keeping ahead of the CW ratings.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.30 million	1.0	1.4	1.7
CBS	8.50 million	1.0	1.8	2.6
CW	1.80 million	0.4	0.6	0.7
FOX	3.20 million	0.5	0.8	1.0
NBC	5.50 million	0.8	1.3	1.6

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.00	1.7	2.2	2.6
9:00	ABC	Notorious	3.80	0.6	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	4.10	0.8	1.2	1.5
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	14.40	2.0	3.4	4.7
8:30	CBS	The Great Indoors (SP)	9.20	1.1	2.0	2.9
9:00	CBS	Mom (SP)	7.60	0.9	1.6	2.3
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces (SP)	6.40	0.9	1.5	2.0
10:00	CBS	Pure Genius (SP)	6.60	0.6	1.2	1.7
8:00	CW	Legends of Tomorrow	1.80	0.3	0.6	0.7
9:00	CW	Supernatural	1.80	0.5	0.6	0.7
8:00	FOX	Rosewood	3.40	0.5	0.8	1.1
9:00	FOX	Pitch	2.90	0.5	0.8	1.0
8:00	NBC	Superstore	4.20	0.8	1.3	1.5
8:30	NBC	The Good Place	3.90	0.7	1.1	1.4
9:00	NBC	Chicago Med	6.80	0.9	1.4	1.8
10:00	NBC	The Blacklist	5.50	0.7	1.2	1.5

* - viewers in millions