Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 04/27/2017

CBS and ABC share leadership in the Thursday night ratings, with CBS drawing the most viewers and the better 25-54 rating, while ABC tops the A18-34 and A18-49 demographics.

CBS has three of the four most watched programs of the night, with BIG BANG THEORY (#1) THE GREAT INDOORS (#4) and MOM (#2). CBS also recorded four of the top six shows in the A18-49 demo. T balance that out, THE AMAZING RACE was the night's second worst rated BIG 4 program.

With GREY'S ANATOMY back in action and leading into SCANDAL, ABC had two of the two of the three shows in the demos, that lead them two wins in the two younger categories.

FOX and NBC hung closer to the CW ratings than those from ABC/CBS. The CW actually tied FOX and NBC in the A18-34 age group, creating a three way tie for third.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.10 million	0.8	1.3	1.6
CBS	6.50 million	0.6	1.2	1.9
CW	1.10 million	0.4	0.4	0.5
FOX	2.10 million	0.4	0.6	0.8
NBC	3.90 million	0.4	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	6.90	1.1	1.7	2.1
9:00	ABC	Scandal	5.30	0.9	1.4	1.8
10:00	ABC	The Catch	3.10	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	12.10	1.3	2.4	3.6
8:30	CBS	The Great Indoors	6.50	0.6	1.2	1.9
9:00	CBS	Mom	7.10	0.6	1.3	2.0
9:30	CBS	Life In Pieces	5.50	0.5	1.1	1.7
10:00	CBS	The Amazing Race	3.90	0.3	0.7	1.1
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.40	0.4	0.5	0.6
9:30	CW	Riverdle	0.80	0.3	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Masterchef Jr.	2.50	0.4	0.7	0.9
9:00	FOX	Kicking & Screaming	1.60	0.3	0.5	0.6
8:00	NBC	Superstore [R]	2.40	0.3	0.5	0.7
8:30	NBC	Superstore	2.70	0.5	0.8	1.0
9:00	NBC	Chicago Med	5.80	0.5	1.0	1.4
10:00	NBC	The Blacklist	4.80	0.3	0.8	1.2

* - viewers in millions