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Jack Falahee stars as Connor Walsh. |
Opposite CBS'
Thursday Night Football, ABC was the dominant non-sports net on season premiere Thursday in Total Viewers (11.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.5/11). With its new drama lineup, ABC delivered the Top 3 entertainment shows of the night in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 with the debut of
How to Get Away with Murder (14.0 million and 3.8/11), the premiere of
Scandal in its new 9 p.m. slot (11.9 million and 3.8/11), and the premiere of Grey's in its new 8 p.m. slot (9.8 million and 3.0/10), respectively.
How to Get Away with Murder was the night's most-watched show overall.
In fact, with
How to Get Away with Murder and
Black-ish, ABC has now delivered the season’s Top 2 new TV shows in Adults 18-49, qualifying as the two highest rated debuts on any net since ABC’s Resurrection opened in March – since 3/9/14. overall.
In viewers and young adults, ABC marked its strongest Thursday night in 5 years – since 9/24/09.