THE ORIGINALS and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES both dropped for their season premieres on The CW last night, while SLEEPY HOLLOW was flat over on Fox and Bones dropped 0.1 in the demo. CBS dominated the night with football (11.22 million viewers, 3.4 rating), while ABC’s TGIT were down 0.2 from the previous week, but still made ABC come in second for the night.
In terms of total viewers, CBS won the night (10.77 million), followed by ABC (7.99 million), NBC (5.24 million), Fox (4.57 million) and The CW (1.15 million). See all numbers below (live + same day total viewers & adults 18-49 ratings).
ABC
GREY’S ANATOMY 8.06 million, 2.1 rating
SCANDAL 8.72 million, 2.6 rating
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER 7.2 million, 2.1 rating
FOX
BONES 5.78 million, 1.3 rating
SLEEPY HOLLOW 3.36 million, 1.0 rating
NBC
HEROES REBORN 4.39 million, 1.2 rating
THE BLACKLIST 6.95 million, 1.5 rating
THE PLAYER 4.37 million, 0.9 rating
The CW
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 1.37 million, 0.6 rating
THE ORIGINALS 0.93 million, 0.4 rating
In addition, Nielson reports that the following shows/specials were the most tweeted about of the night:
(1) GREY’S ANATOMY
(2) SCANDAL
(3) THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
(4) HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
(5) THE ORIGINALS