The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale won the night, but is showing its age.
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.
NBC: After a 1.2 clip hour, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ended the season at 2.1, down 0.3 from the 2014 finale and the lowest finale yet for AGT.
CBS: BIG BROTHER fell 0.3 from last week to 1.8, then after a 0.7 CRIMINAL MINDS rerun, the NFL UNDRAFTED special (part of the network’s deal to carry THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL) proved Americans won’t watch absolutely anything football related with a mere 0.5.
FOX: The season finale of MASTERCHEF held at 1.5.
CW: AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL lost 0.1 to 0.5, while A WICKED OFFER gained the same amount to 0.3. (We’ll see if those shifts hold up in final numbers.)
ABC: Reruns of the regular season Wednesday line-up were topped, naturally, by MODERN FAMILY at 0.9.
CBS begins its brief but high-rated half-season of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL tonight. It faces reruns on all the other networks but NBC, which airs 2 specials: JEFF DUNHAM: UNHINGED IN HOLLYWOOD and MAT FRANCO’S GOT MAGIC.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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