A trio of quiet season finales.
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 follows the chart.
NBC: The 2-hour season finale of GRIMM was up 0.1 from last week at 0.9, but that was down 0.2 from the 2015 finale. It was followed by DATELINE, also up 0.1 to 0.9.
ABC: After a 0.08 BEYOND THE TANK, up 0.1 from last week, the season finale of SHARK TANK was steady with last week at 1.2, but down 0.2 from 2015. 20/20 was up 0.3 to 1.2.
CW: MASTERS OF ILLUSION returned with a pair of 0.4 episodes. The season finale of THE ORIGINALS gained 0.1 from last week to 0.4, which was down 0.1 from last year’s finale (airing on a Monday).
CBS: A colorized I LOVE LUCY special started the night at 0.8, then UNDERCOVER BOSS was at 0.7. The night ended with a 0.7 BLUE BLOODS rerun.
FOX: A run of the movie EASY A scored 0.7.
Playoff games on ABC (NBA) and NBC (NHL) enliven Saturday primetime, and the season finale of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is hosted by Fred Armisen, with musical guest Courtney Barnett. The final Sunday of the broadcast season is highlighted by ABC’s BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, and there are season finales for FOX’s animated series. AMC will follow the midseason finale of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD with the premiere of PREACHER.
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