A lackluster night for the networks.
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: THE VOICE gained 0.1 from last week to 2.4, but it continues to run 20% below last year’s numbers, and yesterday’s announcement of the end of AMERICAN IDOL has to ring in the network’s ears. THE NIGHT SHIFT fell 0.1 to 1.2.
CBS: 2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY traded ratings, with GIRLS down 0.1 to 1.6 and MIKE up 0.1 to 1.7. STALKER held at 1.5. NCIS LA lost 0.1 to 1.3.
ABC: DANCING WITH THE STARS grew by 0.2 to 2.1, and the season finale of CASTLE remained at 1.4.
FOX: 2 hours of THE FOLLOWING were at 1.0/0.9, the first hour down 0.1 from last week.
CW: The season finales of THE ORIGINALS and JANE THE VIRGIN were both steady at 0.5.
Tonight’s season finales include NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS on CBS, UNDATEABLE (back-to-back episodes) and CHICAGO FIRE on NBC, and a 2-hour exit for AGENTS OF SHIELD.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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