The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS fell even more out of tune.
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: The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS followed a big drop in 2016 by falling an additional 0.6 from last year’s preliminary rating (which rose 0.3 in finals) to 2.3. The night started with the season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS up 0.1 from last year’s finale to 1.1.
CBS: A 2-hour 60 MINUTES was down 0.2 from last week’s 1-hour edition to 0.8. The season finale of MADAM SECRETARY was steady with last week’s 0.7, but down 0.3 from the 2016 finale. ELEMENTARY’s season finale was down 0.1 from last week to 0.5, and down 0.2 from last year.
NBC: After a 0.9 2-hour DATELINE, the 2-hour season finale of SHADES OF BLUE fell 0.2 from last week to 0.7, and that was also down 0.4 from 2016 (airing on a Thursday in March).
FOX: The BOB’S BURGERS season finale dropped 0.2 from its last airing 2 weeks ago to 0.7, also down from the 1.0/0.9 2016 finale episodes. The season finale of THE SIMPSONS fell 0.3 from 2 weeks ago to 0.9, down 0.2 from 2016. The series finale of MAKING HISTORY stayed at the 0.6 from its most recent airing. The FAMILY GUY season finale lost 0.3 from its last airing 3 weeks ago to 1.0, also down 0.2 from last year.
SUPERGIRL and JANE THE VIRGIN have their season finales tonight. In addition, THE BACHELORETTE has its season premiere, and CBS airs PRINCESS DIANA and CARPOOL KARAOKE specials.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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