With stiff competition from multiple network winter finales, the third episode of the winter run of Major Crimes won the night as the most watched scripted cable offering. In Live + Same Day ratings, the episode was down from last week, with 3.6 million viewers tuning in to see if the friendship between Flynn and Raydor was perhaps something more (the answer was vague, but we think those in favor of “Shandy” got what they were hoping for!). In the 18-49 demographic, the episode drew 0.6 million viewers, down from the previous week but on par with the winter premiere.
Meanwhile, last weeks outing continued to grow in time delayed ratings, bringing in 6.9 million viewers in Live + 3 ratings (up 23%/1.3 million viewers from winter premiere), and 2.1 million adults 25-54 and 1.5 million adults 18-49. This marks an increase in over one million viewers from the same time last season as well. Last week’s episode finished the week as the third most-watched scripted cable offering, behind only the highly-publicized premiere of The Librarians and the penultimate episode of Sons of Anarchy.