| Scoreboard | CBS | FOX | ABC | UNI | NBC | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.4/8 | 1.5/5 | 1.4/4 | 1.2/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.6/2 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.3/5 | 1.0/4 | 1.1/4 | 1.1/4 | 0.8/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.94 | 5.29 | 5.66 | 2.88 | 2.54 | 1.59 |
Overnight ratings for Thursday, April 24, 2014:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 4.3 | 16 | 15.96 |
| FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 1.7 | 6 | 4.82 | |
| NBC | Parks and Recreation (8-9PM) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.71 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 0.7 | 3 | 1.79 | |
| ABC | Jimmy Kimmel Live -R | 0.6 | 2 | 2.75 | |
| 9:30PM | CBS | The Millers | 2.5 | 8 | 10.15 |
| 9:00PM | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 2.5 | 8 | 9.46 |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 2.3 | 7 | 7.64 | |
| FOX | American Idol | 1.8 | 5 | 7.60 | |
| NBC | Saturday Night Live (9-11PM) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.46 | |
| CW | Reign | 0.5 | 1 | 1.38 | |
| 9:30PM | CBS | Bad Teacher -P | 2.1 | 6 | 7.87 |
| FOX | Surviving Jack | 1.0 | 3 | 3.93 | |
| 10:00 PM | CBS | Elementary | 1.6 | 5 | 8.12 |
| ABC | Black Box -P | 1.5 | 4 | 6.60 | |
RATINGS REPORT
- CBS was tops on Thursday night in both demo and total viewers, but The Big Bang Theory was down 8% from its last original to a 4.3, down from 4.7. The Millers was even with its last original episode at a 2.5, and Two and a Half Men was also at a 2.5, up a tenth from its last new episode. The premiere of Bad Teacher was at a decent 2.1, and Elementary was even with its last new episode at 1.6.
- For Fox Hell’s Kitchen was even with the 1.7 it pulled last week. American Idol was down a tenth to a 1.8, and Surviving Jack was even with last week’s series low 1.0.
- On ABC Grey’s Anatomy slipped three tenths from last week to a 2.3, and the premier of Black Box was a disappointing 1.5.
- The hour-long season finale of Parks and Recreation managed a 1.0 for NBC, up a tenth from last week’s series low. A SNL special pulled a 1.0.
- On The CW Vampire Diaries was even with last week’s series low 0.7, and Reign ticked up a tenth from last week to a 0.5.
OTHER NEWS
- The FCC have announced new rules regarding net neutrality, causing quite a bit of uproar. While some claim that the new regulations effectively end the internet as we know it by allowing companies to pay service providers to speed up the delivery of their content, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler claims that the new rules will not allow “behavior harmful to consumers or competition by limiting the openness of the Internet.”
- Seth Meyers has been announced as the host of the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, August 25. Yes - Monday.
- Discovery will air its Everest Avalanche Documentary special on Sunday, May 4. Quite a fast turnaround. Appropriately, Discovery will be contributing to the American Himalayan Foundation Sherpa Family Fund.
- Interesting article HERE (although you’ll have to subscribe to read the full piece) expanding on something we were pointing towards the other day - the divergent paths of Netflix and Amazon vis a vis online content streaming, as highlighted by their deals with Mitch Hurwitz (Arrested Development) and HBO respectively. Money quote: "Amazon may want to be more like Netflix, but Netflix wants to be more like HBO."
