ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY is Thursday's Top Drama

ABC Thursday Prime (8-11pm - 7.0 million and 2.0/7 in AD18-49): ABC was the #1 broadcaster on Thursday for the 2nd week in a row in Adults 18-49 (2.0/7), edging out CBS (1.9/6) and once again more than doubling NBC (0.9/3) and FOX (0.8/3). The Net was up over the year-ago May Sweep Thursday by double digits (6.2 million and 1.6/5 on 5/1/14) in Total Viewers (+13%) and Adults 18-49 (+25%). Please Note: ESPN carried round 1 of the 2015 NFL DRAFT during primetime on Thursday, providing big demographic competition. Opposite the strong competition, ABC held steady week to week in Adults 18-49 at a 7-week high - since 3/12/15.

ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY (2.6/9) was Thursday's top drama and the #2 TV series of the night in Adults 18-49, behind only CBS' The Big Bang Theory. Grey's was Thursday's #1 TV series with Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34, outdelivering Big Bang Theory.

Grey's Anatomy (8-10pm - 8.7 million and 2.6/9 in AD18-49): From 8-10pm, ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY dominated its regular competition in the 2-hour time period in Adults 18-49, leading runner up CBS by 18% (2.6/9 vs. 2.2/8). Head to head in the 9pm hour, Grey's towered over NBC's THE BLACKLIST by 2.3 million viewers (8.7 million vs. 6.4 million) and by 117% in Adults 18-49 (2.6/8 vs. 1.2/4).

Coming behind only the prior week's best-since-premiere numbers, Grey's turned around and delivered its 2nd-highest numbers since its mid-season return 3 months ago in January (on 1/29/15) in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

American Crime (10-11pm - 3.8 million and 1.0/3 in AD18-49): At 10pm, ABC freshman AMERICAN CRIME grew 11% week to week and ranked #2 in the hour among the major nets with Adults 18-49 (1.0/3).

The ABC freshman drama is delivering strong TV playback. On average season to date in the Live + 7 Day ratings, AMERICAN CRIME jumps 54% in Adults 18-49 from its L+SD number (gaining 7-tenths) and delivers another 2.3 million viewers to its next-day tally.