NBC got pretty good ratings from the premiere of “Shades of Blue” on Thursday. The well-promoted drama starring Jennifer Lopez opened to a 1.8 rating in adults 18-49 and 8.55 million viewers.
In the context of 2015-16 those are good, but not world-beating, numbers. It was the No. 3 broadcast show of the night, tying with CBS’ “Mom” behind two other CBS comedies, “The Big Bang Theory” (3.8) and “Life in Pieces” (2.2). And it was a good deal better than NBC’s fall offering in the 10 p.m. Thursday spot, “The Player,” which never got above a 1.2.
The network also offered up a long list of “best ratings since” bullet points in its ratings e-mail for the day, which inadvertently put a spotlight on just how much NBC has struggled on Thursdays — once its most dominant night — in recent years.
AOTY is always influenced by Metacritic score. It's has been like that for years.
The exception was Adele when Foo Fighter had 76 which is higher than 21 by 2
2013 really got to some Gaga stans, I guess. Some decided to go into hiding. 
