Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 12/15/2016

Another blow out NFL game kept THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at its lowest numbers of the NBC package. Just 10 million viewers watched Seattle dominate the LA Rams. Week-to-week, TNF dropped 7.4 million viewers and nearly three full points (-54%) in the A18-49 demographic.

With its four sitcoms closing out their fall season, CBS was a competitive #2 on the night. THE BIG BANG THEORY was the #1 program of the night, drawing 15.8 million viewers and a 3.3 rating in Adults 18-49. That is the most viewers since the season premiere and the best outing since the movie back to Thursdays. The three following comedies benefited from the large lead in support, including THE GREAT INDOORS, which had its best ratings in over a month.

ABC beats an all repeat FOX for third place, but not a single program draws over four million viewers or posts a demo rating above a 1.0 The two PREP & LANDING specials was the top performer for ABC.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.40 million	0.4	0.8	1.0
CBS	8.40 million	0.9	1.6	2.4
CW	1.00 million	0.3	0.4	0.4
FOX	2.00 million	0.3	0.6	0.8
NBC	9.80 million	1.8	2.6	3.4

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Prep & Landing	3.80	0.5	0.8	1.1
8:30	ABC	Prep & Landing: Naughty v Nice	3.30	0.5	0.8	1.1
9:00	ABC	Great American Baking Show	3.60	0.4	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	Primetime: WWYD	3.00	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	15.80	1.8	3.3	4.8
8:30	CBS	The Great Indoors	8.30	0.9	1.7	2.4
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.20	0.7	1.5	2.3
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces	6.90	0.7	1.3	2.0
10:00	CBS	Pure Genius	5.50	0.5	0.9	1.3
8:00	CW	iHeartRadio Jingle Ball	1.10	0.4	0.4	0.4
9:30	CW	Whose Line? [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen [R]	2.10	0.3	0.6	0.9
9:00	FOX	Rosewood [R]	1.80	0.3	0.5	0.6
8:00	NBC	FNIA	9.00	1.5	2.2	2.8
8:30	NBC	TNF: LA v SEA	10.00	1.9	2.7	3.5

* - viewers in millions