Modest Overnights for ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again’

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 6.7/11, ABC: 3.9/ 6, NBC: 3.6/ 6, Fox: 3.4/ 5, CW: 1.3/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Week:
CW:+44, Fox: +26, NBC: + 6, CBS: -22, ABC: -37

-Winners:
Thursday Night Football (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Chicago Med” (NBC)

-Fading:
“How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC), “The Blacklist” (NBC)

-Disappointing:
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again” (Fox)

-Losers:
“Superstore” (NBC), “The Good Place” (NBC), “Notorious” (ABC)

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Ratings Breakdown:
The final Thursday Night Football match-up on CBS, the Chicago Bears at the Green Bay Packers, led this fifth Thursday of the new TV season with ease at an estimated 7.3 rating/12 share in the household overnights from 8:30-11:30 p.m. But this was still 21 percent below the 9.2/15 for the year-ago match-up. As a reminder, overnight results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

Next Thursday on CBS will feature the return of “The Big Bang Theory” to the 8 p.m. half-hour, followed by the series-premiere of sitcom “The Great Indoors,” the season premieres of “Mom” and relocated “Life in Pieces,” and the series premiere of drama “Pure Genius.”

On Fox, two-hour musical event, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again,” disappointed at a 3.4/ 5 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. While this was 48 percent above the overnights for week-ago Thursday night occupants “Rosewood” and “Pitch” (avg. 2.3/ 4 on Oct. 13) and 26 percent above the year-ago combination of “Bones” and “Sleepy Hollow” (avg. 2.7/ 4 on 10/22/15), it was also 54 percent below the household rating for the live production of “Grease!” on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 (7.4/11). “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again,” additionally, declined in each half-hour as follows: 3.9/ 6 – 3.5/ 6 – 3.2/ 5 – 2.9/ 5. From the first half-hour to the last half-hour it was down by 26 percent.

Thursday at 9 p.m. remains a particular sore spot for ABC, meanwhile, with recent entry “Notorious” at a fourth-place 2.9/ 5. Comparably, that was 55 percent below year-ago occupant “Scandal” (6.4/10 on 10/22/15) and the household retention out of lead-in “Grey’s Anatomy” (#1: 5.7. 9 from 8-9 p.m.) was only 49 percent.

With diminished lead-in support, ABC’s “How To Get Away With Murder” at 10 p.m. dropped by 38 percent year-to-year, with a third-place 3.3/ 6.

On NBC, sitcoms “Superstore” (#4: 2.8/ 5) and recent entry “The Good Place” (#4: 2.5/ 4) dipped to season lows, with the pair, on average, only equal to short-lived year-ago time period occupant “Heroes Reborn.” But relocated “Chicago Med” rose to a second-place 4.5/ 7 at 9 p.m., building by 80 percent out of “The Good Place.” And it led into a 3.7/ 6 (#2) for relocated “The Blacklist,” which was 23 percent below its year-ago overnight performance in the Thursday 9 p.m. hour (4.8/ 8 on 10/22/15).

Improved The CW capped off the night with its combination of dramas “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (#5: 1.4/ 2) and relocated “Supernatural” (#5: 1.2/ 2), which were 44 percent, on average, above the year-ago pairing of “The Vampire Diaries” (1.1/ 2) and spin-off “The Originals” (0.8/ 1).

What follows is the breakdown by half-hour for Thursday, Oct. 20:

What follows is the breakdown by half-hour for Thursday, Oct. 20:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Grey’s Anatomy”: 5.8/ 9 (#1)
CBS – Thursday Night Football Kick-Off: 3.9/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Superstore”: 2.8/ 5 (#4)
Fox – “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again”: 3.9/ 6 (#3)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow”: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Grey’s Anatomy”: 5.7/ 9 (#1)
CBS – Thursday Night Football (Chicago Bears at Green Bay {Packers): 6.9/11 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 2.5/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again”: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow”: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Notorious”: 2.9/ 5 (#4)
CBS – Thursday Night Football (Chicago Bears at Green Bay {Packers): 7.5/12 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 4.4/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again”: 3.2/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Supernatural”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Notorious”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – Thursday Night Football (Chicago Bears at Green Bay {Packers): 7.3/12 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 4.6/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do Time the Warp Again”: 2.9/ 5 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “How to Get Away With Murder”: 3.3/ 6 (#3)
CBS – Thursday Night Football (Chicago Bears at Green Bay {Packers): 7.2/12 (#1)
NBC – “The Blacklist”: 3.7/ 6 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “How to Get Away With Murder”: 3.2/ 6 (#3)
CBS – Thursday Night Football (Chicago Bears at Green Bay {Packers): 7.6/13 (#1)
NBC – “The Blacklist”: 3.6/ 6 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research