ABC's GREY'S Spikes 21% on Thursday and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS Equals Its Series High

ABC Thursday Prime Time (8:00-11:00 p.m. - 4.9 million and 1.1/5 in AD18-49):
Posting gains with "Grey's" and "A Million Little Things" against CBS' "Big Bang"-led lineup, ABC earned a strong 2 nd place on Thursday in Total Viewers (4.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.1/5). ABC's younger-skewing programming won the night over CBS by 33% in Adults 18-34 (0.8/5 vs. 0.6/4) with "Grey's Anatomy" standing as the No. 1 TV show (1.4/9).

Despite facing an original "The Big Bang Theory" this week at 8:00 p.m., ABC's "Grey's
Anatomy" improved over the prior week by 5% in Total Viewers (6.9 million vs. 6.6 million) and by 21% in Adults 18-49 (1.7/8 vs. 1.4/7), marking a 3-week high in viewers and tying its highest young adult number since its winter premiere 5 weeks ago - since 1/31/19 and 1/17/19, respectively.

At 9:00 p.m., ABC's "A Million Little Things" ranked No. 1 in its hour with Adults 18-49
(tie). The ABC freshman drama rose 8% over the prior week with Total Viewers to draw its 3rd largest-ever audience (5.3 million vs. 4.9 million) and grew 10% to match its series high with Adults 18-49 (1.1/5 vs. 1.0/5).

Source: The Nielsen Company, Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings for 2/21/19.