In a battle of doubleheaders, MURDER killed THE BLACKLIST.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: After GREY’S ANATOMY slipped 0.1 to 2.0, the 2-part HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER season finale was at 1.5/1.4, both halves above last week’s 1.3. Impressively, the finale was just about steady with the 1.4 finale in 2016.
NBC: The best that can be said for THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION is that its 0.8 did a fair job of holding its 0.9 lead-in from the midseason finale of THE BLACKLIST, which held last week’s rating. Also, REDEMPTION may have an easier time against THE CATCH than against the MURDER finale. Still, this is a tepid start. The night began with SUPERSTORE stable at 1.1 and POWERLESS down 0.1 to 0.7.
CBS: THE BIG BANG THEORY stayed at 2.8, making it the show’s second consecutive week below a 3 rating. THE GREAT INDOORS (1.5), MOM (1.4) and LIFE IN PIECES (1.2) were all down 0.1. TRAINING DAY remained at 0.7.
CW: After SUPERNATURAL dropped 0.1 to 0.6, RIVERDALE fell 0.1 to a new low 0.3.
FOX: MASTERCHEF JR gained 0.1 to 1.2, and MY KITCHEN RULES repeated at 0.7.
All the networks are new tonight except for a BLUE BLOODS rerun.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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