Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016
Two shows had their adults 18-49 ratings improve a bit from Thursday’s early numbers, while several more came down — including all of NBC’s lineup, as expected after factoring out NFL pre-emptions in the country’s 10th and 11th biggest markets, Atlanta and Tampa-St. Petersburg.
CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” (3.1 rating) adjusted up a tenth of a point, although that’s still a season low. ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” (1.2) also ticked up a tenth to match its rating from last week.
Another CBS comedy, “The Great Indoors,” adjusted down 0.1 to a 1.6. “Chicago Med” (1.3, -0.3) took the biggest hit on NBC, while “The Good Place” (1.2) and “The Blacklist” (1.1) each came down 0.2 and “Superstore” dipped a tenth to 1.1.
Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in green; downward adjustments are in red.
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 3.1/12 | 14.18 |
| Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) | 2.1/7 | 7.60 | |
| Superstore (NBC) | 1.1/4 | 3.58 | |
| Rosewood (FOX) | 0.8/3 | 3.39 | |
| Legends of Tomorrow (The CW) | 0.6/2 | 1.75 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Great Indoors (CBS) | 1.6/6 | 8.06 |
| The Good Place (NBC) | 1.2/5 | 3.68 | |
| 9 p.m. | Chicago Med (NBC) | 1.3/5 | 6.83 |
| Mom (CBS) | 1.3/5 | 6.85 | |
| Pitch (FOX) | 0.9/3 | 2.71 | |
| Notorious (ABC) | 0.8/3 | 3.60 | |
| Supernatural (The CW) | 0.7/2 | 1.81 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Life in Pieces (CBS) | 1.3/5 | 5.92 |
| 10 p.m. | The Blacklist (NBC) | 1.1/4 | 5.45 |
| How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) | 1.2/4 | 4.08 | |
| Pure Genius (CBS) | 0.9/3 | 5.37 |
Network averages:
| CBS | NBC | ABC | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.5/5 | 1.2/4 | 1.3/5 | 0.8/3 | 0.7/2 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 7.62 | 5.31 | 5.09 | 3.05 | 1.78 |
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
