FRESH OFF THE BOAT continued to look promising for ABC.
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 big challenge for FRESH OFF THE BOAT will be next week, when THE VOICE returns, but the 0.2 rise from last week (to 1.9) is certainly a good sign. The prospects were less strong for the new REPEAT AFTER ME, which lost half a point from its lead-in at 1.4. AGENT CARTER stayed at 1.4, and a COUNTDOWN TO THE OSCARS special was at 0.8.
CBS: NCIS and its spin-off were both significantly down, the mothership by 0.4 to 2.5, and NEW ORLEANS by 0.3 to 2.0. PERSON OF INTEREST was steady at 1.6.
NBC: Each half-hour of the PARKS & RECREATION double-feature was up 0.1, to 1.2/1.1. MARRY ME held at 0.8, but ABOUT A BOY dropped 0.2 to 0.7. CHICAGO FIRE remained at 1.4.
FOX: MASTERCHEF JR was up a big 0.4 to 1.8, then NEW GIRL and THE MINDY PROJECT each gained 0.1 to a respective 1.4/1.1.
CW: THE FLASH slipped 0.1 to 1.4, while SUPERNATURAL was up 0.1 to 0.9.
Tonight’s event is the 2-hour series finale of THE MENTALIST. The other networks all feature new episodes of their regular series.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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