Thursday Night Ratings: Series High For SCANDAL

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The overnight ratings are in for Thursday, May 9. ABC finished #2 in Adults 18-49 for the 2nd week in a row, as SCANDAL and GREY'S ANATOMY ranked as the night's Top 2 dramas for the 3rd week running in Adults 18-49. ABC was up year to year on Thursday for the 2nd week in a row in Adults 18-49 (+9%).

· Building on its GREY'S lead-in, SCANDAL hit a new series high in Adults 18-49, spiking 23% week to week and surpassing its previous high by 14%.

· SCANDAL is on track to rank as TV's #1 drama for the 2nd time in 3 weeks and delivered the highest rating for any regular 10 o'clock drama telecast on any net in 7 months - since 10/15/12.

· Continuing to post big year-to-year gains, SCANDAL shot up 68% in Adults 18-49 from its telecast on the same night last year.

· SCANDAL outdelivered Idol-Thursday in Adults 18-49 for the first-time ever.

On FOX, the season finale of GLEE was watched by 6.083 million viewers. The show had a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating.

On The CW, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (2.155 million viewers; adults 18-49: 0.9) and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1.293 million viewers; adults 18-49: 0.5) held steady week to week.