Killer Start Thursday for ABC’s ‘How to Get Away With Murder’

Among all series premieres this fall, “How to Get Away With Murder” ranks best in adults 18-49 — besting the 3.3 for ABC’s “Blackish” on Wednesday and Monday’s dramas premieres of “Scorpion” on CBS and “Gotham” on Fox (both 3.2).

In adults 25-54, “Murder” is neck and neck with “Scorpion” and “Blackish” as fall’s best debut.

“Grey’s Anatomy” opened the night for ABC (3.0/10 in 18-49, 9.8 million viewers overall), shifting to the 8 o’clock hour and placing second to football. Though down in 18-49 as expected from its two-hour, 9-11 p.m. debut of last year (3.4), it outperformed its final 11 episodes from last season while also delivering the show’s largest overall audience in nearly two years (since October 2012).

The long-running medical drama should be able to provide the network with nice time-period improvement over last year. On the opening Thursday of last year, ABC did a 1.2 rating with a special repeat of the “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” premiere. The “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” series premiere delivered a 1.7 rating two weeks later.

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