The freshman ABC drama How to Get Away With Murder posted strong ratings for its mid-season finale, as the Disney network scored a victory on Thursday night, according to preliminary numbers from Nielsen.
The series earned a rating of 3.1 in the 18-49 demo, up 7 per cent from last week. In terms of total viewership, Murder drew an average of 9.8 million people.
Murder, along with Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy, helped ABC win the night in terms of both total viewership and the advertiser-desired young adults, if numbers hold up.
Ratings for Thursday night are subject to change, because some network affiliates opted for live coverage of President Obama’s immigration address, and CBS and NBC had NFL pre-emptions in parts of the country.
CBS’ Big Bang Theory was again the biggest show of the night, with 14.6 million viewers total and a rating of 4.0 in 18-49, though it was down 11 per cent from a week ago. The eye network was No 2 overall for the night, behind ABC.
On NBC, the entire lineup ticked up, particularly Parenthood. The tear-jerker drama, now in its final season, rose 50 per cent to a 1.5 in 18-49, its highest rating in more than a year. Fox’s shows Bones and Gracepoint were flat, week-to-week.
How to Get Away With Murder airs in the UAE on OSN First HD every Sunday at 9pm.
