The night’s finales didn’t wow anyone.
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: Even the prospect of returning regulars didn’t bring back old fans for the series finale of ONCE UPON A TIME, which held at last week’s 0.5 (down 0.4 from the 2017 finale, on a Sunday). The last AGENTS OF SHIELD until Summer 2019 was also steady at 0.5 (down 0.2 from 2017, on a Tuesday). 20/20 stayed at 0.5.
CBS: After an UNDERCOVER BOSS that was steady with last week’s 0.6, the season finale of HAWAII 5-0 was down 0.1 from last week to 0.7 (and down 0.3 from 2017). The night ended with 0.5 for a BLUE BLOODS rerun.
NBC: The season finale of BLINDSPOT gained 0.1 to 0.6 (down 0.2 from 2017, on a Wednesday). DATELINE was also up 0.1 to 0.8.
FOX: MASTERCHEF JR was at 0.8.
CW: Currently, the HARRY & MEGHAN: A LOVE STORY special is at 0.3 and LIFE SENTENCE is at 0.2, but the network was preempted in NY for baseball, so those numbers may come down.
Tonight, HBO premieres its new version of FAHRENHEIT 451, and the SNL season finale features Tina Fey as host, with musical guest Nicki Minaj On Sunday, there are season finales for the FOX line-up and CBS’s NCIS: LA and MADAM SECRETARY, and NBC has the BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.
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