Ratings Watch: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Makes an Easy Transition Back to Thursdays

The Big Bang Theory didn’t miss a beat in its return to Thursday nights.

The hit sitcom attracted 19 million viewers in its move back from Mondays to its regular Thursday night timeslot on Nov. 5, making it the night’s most-watched show. According to CBS, after three days worth of DVR and VOD usage, Big Bang added 4.15 million viewers (from 14.8 million, +28%), 1.7 more ratings points in adults 18-49 (5.4 from 3.8, +46%) and 2 more ratings points in adults 25-54 (7.2 from 5.2, +38%).

Meanwhile, Without The Big Bang Theory against it, NBC’s Monday night edition of The Voice on Nov. 2 posted its best rating in the adults 18-49 demo since September 28.

And as CBS’ regular Thursday night lineup returned, that meant NFL Network became the sole home for Thursday Night Football. As a result, the Nov. 5 game (Cincinnati vs. Cleveland) attracted just 8.8 million, less than half of the previous week’s game (Seattle vs. San Francisco, which garnered 17.2 million viewers on both CBS and NFL).

In other ratings news, the CMA Awards–the event that the Country Music Association calls “Country’s Biggest Night”– lost more than 2.5 million viewers vs. last year (17.6 million).

Here are the top 25 shows (including Live+3 DVR and VOD data) for the week of November 2 to November 8.