THE BIG BANG THEORY, ELEMENTARY Add Over 4 Million Viewers with L+3

The Big Bang Theory and Elementary each added more than four million viewers with live plus 3-day lifts, according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings for Thursday, Feb. 27.

The Big Bang Theory added +4.63m viewers bringing its 3-day audience to 22.36m (from 17.73m live same day). Among adults 18-49, The Big Bang Theory gained +2.2 rating points to a 7.2 (from 5.0 live same day).

At 10:00 PM, Elementary added +4.16m viewers to 12.82m (from 8.66m live same day). Elementary moved ahead of "Scandal" in viewers in live plus 3-day (12.82m vs. 12.60m, +2%) after trailing in live plus same day ratings (8.66m vs. 9.32m).

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