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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Feb. 9) -- incoming bombs

By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
NBC and CBS may soon have to send in replacements for their Thursday night newcomers.

Both the Peacock’s Powerless and CBS’ Training Day played dead with their second episodes.

At 7:30 p.m., Powerless hit Thursday’s prime-time low in total viewers with just 65,440 in the Big Four broadcast network universe. The superhero sitcom also placed last at 7:30 p.m. among advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds with just 32,071.

Training Day ran fourth in total viewers at 9 p.m. with 72,711. Even worse for CBS, its latest crime hour hit Thursday night’s low in the 18-to-49 demographic (a paltry 19,243 viewers).

CBS as always fared much better with The Big Bang Theory, which led off the night with 356,284 total viewers and 188,663 in the 18-to-49 age range.

ABC then flexed a little, winning in both total viewers and 18-to-49-year-olds from 7:30 to 9 p.m. with the second half of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal.

The 9 p.m. golds went to NBC’s The Blacklist in total viewers and ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder among 18-to-49-year-olds.

Here are Thursday’s local news derby results for the sixth weeknight of the February “sweeps” ratings period.

NBC5 swept the 10 p.m. competitions in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming), with TEGNA8 notching a pair of close seconds.

The Peacock and Fox4 tied for the top spot in total viewers at 6 a.m., but NBC5 had first place to itself with 25-to-54-year-olds.

TEGNA8 ran first at both 5 and 6 p.m. in total viewers. The wins with 25-to-54-year-olds went to NBC5 at 5 p.m. and Fox4 at 6 p.m.

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