May Sweeps didn’t begin with a (big) BANG.
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.
CBS: Just a day after EMPIRE hit a new series low, THE BIG BANG THEORY found itself in the same place, down 0.1 from its last airing 2 weeks ago to a new low 2.4. (However, BIG BANG often picks up a tenth in finals.) THE GREAT INDOORS (1.2), MOM (1.3) and LIFE IN PIECES (1.1) were all steady. THE AMAZING RACE was at 0.7, down from last week’s 0.9/0.8 doubleheader.
ABC: GREY’S ANATOMY returned from a week off down 0.1 to 1.7. That was a much better lead-in than SCANDAL had last week from its own rerun, though, and SCANDAL rose 0.1 to 1.4, with THE CATCH up 0.1 to 0.7.
NBC: The (all but formal) cancellation of POWERLESS pushed SUPERSTORE to 8:30PM, where it lost 0.1 to 0.8, airing after its own 0.5 rerun. CHICAGO MED dropped 0.1 to 1.0 from its last airing 2 weeks ago, and THE BLACKLIST was at 0.8, steady with last week’s 10PM episode (down 0.1 from 9PM).
FOX: A MASTERCHEF JR clip show fell 0.3 to 0.7, and the KICKING & SCREAMING finale was down 0.1 to 0.5.
CW: SUPERNATURAL (0.5) and RIVERDALE (0.3) held their numbers from 2 weeks ago.
FOX’s ROSEWOOD airs its season (and potentially series) finale tonight, and ABC has LET IT FAIL, a cut-down version of John Ridley’s documentary about the LA riots.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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