Primetime Ratings: ‘You, Me and the Apocalypse’ Opens Modest
Fox won the Thursday ratings race with a 2.3 on the night in terms of viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, with an 8 share. CBS trailed at 1.5/5, then NBC at 1.4/5 and ABC and The CW both at 0.8/3.
NBC debuted offbeat, end-of-days dramedy You, Me and the Apocalypse, which showed a 1.2. Before that, The Blacklist ticked up 7% to 1.6, and Shades of Blue fell 7% to 1.3.
Idol, fully ensconced in Hollywood mode, and all its drama, rated a 2.3 on the night across its two hours, down 4% from last Thursday.
CBS aired repeated comedies before a new Angel From Hell, at 1.4, then drama Elementary at 1.1; both were flat with last week.
On ABC, Beyond the Tank ticked up 10% to a 1.1, and two hours of My Diet is Better Than Yours was a flat 0.7.
The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow did a 1.1, down 8% from last week, and The 100 slid 14% in week two to 0.6.
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Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.