CBS dominates a slow Thursday night

On a slow evening for broadcast, a repeat of “The Big Bang Theory” helped CBS to an easy primetime victory last night.

“Bang” averaged a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating at 8 p.m., according to Nielsen overnights. It tied with lead-out “Mom” as the night’s top program on broadcast.

“Mom” was down from last week’s series high but still posted a solid rating.

In fact, CBS was the only Big Four network with shows above a 1.0 in the demo last night.

But the network’s ratings may have been artificially inflated by an NFL game that aired on the CBS affiliate in Jacksonville. Fox also aired the game in Nashville, which may have impacted its ratings.

Elsewhere on broadcast, NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” slid to a series-low 0.9 at 8 p.m. The special “People Magazine Awards” posted a 0.8 in its debut broadcast, airing from 9 to 11 p.m.

Another special, the CW’s “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014,” posted a 0.6 at 8 p.m., up 20 percent from last year’s broadcast.

CBS led the night among 18-49s with a 1.8 average overnight rating and a 6 share. Univision was second at 1.0/3, NBC third at 0.9/3, Fox fourth at 0.8/3, ABC fifth at 0.7/2, CW sixth at 0.6/2 and Telemundo seventh at 0.5/2.

As a reminder, all ratings are based on live-plus-same-day DVR playback, which includes shows replayed before 3 a.m. the night before. Seven-day DVR data won’t be available for several weeks. Forty-nine percent of Nielsen households have DVRs.

At 8 p.m. CBS was first with a 2.3 for a repeat of “Bang” (2.3) and a new “Mom” (2.3), followed by Univision with a 1.1 for “Mi Corazon es Tuyo.” NBC was third with a 0.9 for “Loser.” Fox and ABC tied for fourth at 0.8, Fox for a repeat of “Bones” and ABC for “The Taste.” The CW was sixth with a 0.6 for “Jingle” and Telemundo seventh with a 0.5 for “Los Miserables.”

CBS was first again at 9 p.m. with a 1.8 for “Two and a Half Men” (1.9) and “The McCarthys” (1.6), while Univision remained second with a 1.1 for “Hasta el Fin del Mundo.” Fox, ABC and NBC all tied for third at 0.8, Fox for more “Bones,” ABC for more “Taste” and NBC for the “People Magazine Awards.” The CW finished sixth with a 0.5 for the end of “Jingle” (0.7) and a rerun of “Whose Line Is It Anyway” (0.4) and Telemundo was seventh with a 0.4 for “Tierra de Reyes.”

At 10 p.m. CBS was first with a 1.4 for “Elementary,” with NBC second with a 0.9 for the end of its awards show. Univision was third with a 0.8 for “La Malquerida,” Telemundo fourth with a 0.7 for “Señora Acero” and ABC fifth with a 0.6 for a repeat of “How to Get Away with Murder.”

CBS also finished first for the night among households with a 5.6 average overnight rating and a 10 share. NBC and Fox tied for second at 2.4/4, ABC was fourth at 2.0/3, Univision fifth at 1.3/2, CW sixth at 0.9/2 and Telemundo seventh at 0.7/1.

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