Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder were each adjusted up a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Thursday's preliminary ratings. Final football numbers are also below.
Note: the final ratings below for Thursday Night Football represent the combined ratings of the game on BOTH the NFL Network and CBS. To pre-empt the "Why/How Can They Do That?" questions, the airings on both networks contain the exact same ads, and TV ratings are all about measuring the number of people that watch the ads for pricing purposes.
Want to know why adjustments occur to the preliminary ratings? Read this.
Final broadcast primetime ratings for Thursday, October 2, 2014 (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Total Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 2.7/9 | 9.44 |
| CBS | NFL Thursday Night Kickoff - Live | 2.5/10 | 8.80 | |
| FOX | Bones | 1.5/5 | 6.41 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 1.3/4 | 4.64 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries -Season Premiere | 0.9/3 | 1.81 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | NFL Thursday Night Football (Vikings-Packers) 8:30-11:10PM | 5.9/19 | 16.54 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Scandal | 3.4/10 | 10.70 |
| NBC | Bad Judge - Series Premiere | 1.3/4 | 5.84 | |
| FOX | Gracepoint - Series Premiere | 1.2/3 | 4.76 | |
| CW | Reign - Season Premiere | 0.4/1 | 1.01 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | A to Z - Series Premiere (9:30-10:01PM) | 1.2/3 | 4.79 |
| 10:00 | ABC | How To Get Away With Murder | 3.3/10 | 12.15 |
| NBC | Parenthood | 1.3/4 | 4.34 |
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