The Big Bang Theory DVD emerged arrive from the aboriginal hotly contested Thursday night of the abatement TV season, arch CBS to a ratings win, according to brief Nielsen estimates.

Big Bang, in its Thursday debut, drew 14 actor admirers and bigger over its Monday division premiere a year ago a part of the adults-18-to-49 demographic. The able alpha aswell aerial apprentice ball S#*! My Dad Says (12.5 actor viewers) to a solid admission and provided a advantageous countdown to CSI (14.6 actor viewers) and The Mentalist (15.3 actor viewers). However, the two procedurals were down in the audience 17 percent and 8 percent, respectively, against a year ago.

NBC's battling Thursday comedies suffered, as Community (5 actor viewers) fell 42 percent from its apprentice debut. (It did, however, premiere afterwards The Office a year ago.) 30 Rock ( 5.8 actor viewers), which aswell premiered post-Office endure year, was down 13 percent in the demo. The Office (8.4 actor viewers) was up slightly, accouterment a nice belvedere to new ball Outsourced (7.4 actor viewers).

NBC placed third all-embracing abaft ABC, which debuted documentary-style scripted ball My Generation to a black 5.2 actor viewers. The appearance angry with the CW in the audience during the 8/7c timeslot and was down 60 percent compared to FlashForward's admission endure year. The Alphabet bounced aback with the premieres of Grey's Anatomy (14 actor viewers) and Private Practice (9 actor viewers). Though Grey's was the highest-rated affairs of the night in the demo, both shows were down added than 20 percent from their debuts the antecedent year.

Fox took fourth place, as Bones (9.8 actor viewers) alone 13 percent in the audience and Fringe (5.8 actor viewers) was down a whopping 30 percent