Thursday Final Nationals: NFL Puts CBS on Top, ‘TGIT’ on ABC Remains Solid

The San Diego Chargers vs. the Denver Broncos lifted “Thursday Night Football” on CBS to an above average victory, with 18.82 million viewers and a 6.1 rating/20 share among adults 18-49 (including results on the NFLN). ABC’s “TGIT” finished a competitive second with 9.52 million total viewers and a 2.8/ 9 in the demo.

Compared to fast nationals for adults 18-49, the CBS portion of “Thursday Night Football” rose +0.5; “Mi Corazon es Tuyo” (Univision) rose +0.3; “La Malquerida” each rose +0.1. The rest of the night’s programs’ demos remained the same.

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 broadcast finals (Live plus Same Day)

                                                                 Viewers
Net   Time Dur  Program                   HH              A1849   (000)
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ABC   8:00  60  GREY'S ANATOMY            6.1/10          2.5/8    8,620
ABC   9:00  60  SCANDAL                   6.7/11          3.0/9    9,975
ABC  10:00  60  HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER  6.8/12          3.0/9    9,967

CBS   7:58  22  CBS+NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF2 5.6/10          2.2/9    8,910
CBS   8:20   6  CBS+NFLN THU NT PRE-KICK  7.6/13          2.7/10  12,190
CBS   8:26 169  CBS+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL 12.3/21          6.7/21  20,220
                  San Diego at Denver

NBC   8:00  60  BIGGEST LOSER 16          2.9/5           1.2/4    4,580
NBC   9:00  30  BAD JUDGE                 2.9/5           1.0/3    4,390
NBC   9:30  30  A-TO-Z                    2.1/3           0.9/3    3,130
NBC  10:00  60  PARENTHOOD                2.7/5           1.2/4    3,950

FOX   8:00  60  BONES (R)                 2.8/5           0.9/3    4,350
FOX   9:00  60  GRACEPOINT	          2.2/4           0.8/2    3,520

CW    8:00  60  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES       1.1/2           0.8/3    1,660
CW    9:00  60  REIGN                     0.8/1           0.5/1    1,260

UNI   7:00  60  GATA                      1.4/3           1.1/5    2,886
UNI   8:00  61  MI CORAZON ES TUYO        2.0/3           1.7/6    4,130
UNI   9:01  60  HASTA EL FIN DEL MUNDO    1.8/3           1.4/4    3,397
UNI  10:01  59  LA MALQUERIDA             1.2/2           0.8/2    2,061

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 broadcast demographics (Live plus Same Day)

Net   Time Dur  Program                                   W1849           A2554   W2554   
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ABC   8:00  60  GREY'S ANATOMY                            3.8/12          3.1/9   4.6/13  
ABC   9:00  60  SCANDAL                                   4.7/13          3.7/9   5.5/14  
ABC  10:00  60  HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER                  4.5/13          3.6/10  5.3/14  

CBS   7:58  22  CBS+NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF2                 1.7/6           2.9/10  2.1/7   
CBS   8:20   6  CBS+NFLN THU NT PRE-KICK                  2.4/9           4.1/13  3.0/9   
CBS   8:26 169  CBS+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL                  4.5/14          7.8/21  5.3/14  
                  San Diego at Denver

NBC   8:00  60  BIGGEST LOSER 16                          1.5/5           1.5/5   2.0/5   
NBC   9:00  30  BAD JUDGE                                 1.3/4           1.4/4   1.8/5  
NBC   9:30  30  A-TO-Z                                    1.1/3           1.2/3   1.5/4   
NBC  10:00  60  PARENTHOOD                                1.7/5           1.4/4   2.0/5   

FOX   8:00  60  BONES (R)                                 1.2/4           1.3/4   1.6/4   
FOX   9:00  60  GRACEPOINT	                          0.9/3           1.1/3   1.3/3   

CW    8:00  60  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES                       1.1/3           0.8/2   1.0/3   
CW    9:00  60  REIGN                                     0.6/2           0.6/1   0.8/2   

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 cable finals (Live plus Same Day)

                                                                  Viewers
Net    Time Dur  Program                           A1834   A1849   (000)
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NFLN   8:26 169  NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL              1.17    1.39     3,365
                   San Diego at Denver
LIF    9:00  91  PROJECT RUNWAY                    0.64    0.84     2,629
HIST   9:31  32  PAWN STARS                        0.48    0.65     2,699
MTV   10:00  32  RIDICULOUSNESS                    0.75    0.58     1,071
HIST   9:00  31  PAWN STARS                        0.36    0.53     2,241
TRU    9:30  30  IMPRACTICAL JOKERS                0.51    0.51     1,137
A&E    9:00  61  THE FIRST 48                      0.46    0.46     1,168
ESPN   7:55 195  COLLEGE FOOTBALL                  0.33    0.38     1,221
WETV  10:00  61  TAMAR & VINCE                     0.34    0.35       686
FOOD  10:00  30  BEAT BOBBY FLAY                   0.23    0.34       944
LIF   10:31  61  PROJECT RUNWAY: THREADS           0.28    0.34     1,222
MTV   10:30  30  SNACK-OFF	                   0.41    0.30       568
HGTV  10:00  30  HOUSE HUNTERS                     0.13    0.28     1,578
HGTV  10:30  30  HOUSE HUNTERS INTL                0.16    0.27     1,380
FOXNC  9:00  60  THE KELLY FILE                    0.20    0.27     2,312
FOOD   8:00  60  FOOD TRUCK FACE OFF               0.17    0.25       661
TLC   10:00  60  BREAKING AMISH                    0.21    0.24       718
ESPN   7:00  55  GRANTLAND BASKETBALL SHOW         0.21    0.24       549
A&E   10:01  61  DEAD AGAIN                        0.19    0.23       687
NAN    8:00  30  INSTANT MOM                       0.23    0.22     1,061
APL   10:00  60  MONSTERS INSIDE ME                0.15    0.18       508

NAN    8:30  30  SEE DAD RUN                               0.1        711

TOON   6:00  30  TEEN TITANS GO                            0.3      1,826
TOON   6:30  15  CLARENCE                                  0.2      1,468
TOON   6:45  15  STEVEN UNIVERSE                           0.2      1,528
TOON   7:00  30  AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL          0.44    0.34     1,699
TOON   7:30  30  REGULAR SHOW                      0.47    0.39     1,712

NICK   7:30  30  MAX & SHRED                               0.2      1,302

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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