It was a good night for comedy.
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: After 3.8 for THE VOICE (down 0.4 from Monday’s episode, but up 0.1 from the parallel night last year), the finale of PARKS & RECREATION was boosted by its lead-in by nearly half a point, with 1.6 for the hour-long episode compared to 1.2/1.1 for last week’s two half-hours.
ABC: FRESH OFF THE BOAT is looking like a genuine hit, withstanding the VOICE competition to hold last week’s 1.9. REPEAT AFTER ME lost 0.1 to 1.3. The season finale of AGENT CARTER also fell 0.1 to 1.3, which equaled its previous low. FOREVER continued the trend, down 0.1 to 1.0.
FOX: The season finale of MASTERCHEF JR dropped 0.2 to 1.6. Despite the lower lead-in and having to face THE VOICE, NEW GIRL and THE MINDY PROJECT were steady at 1.4 and 1.1.
CBS: NCIS fell 0.2 to 2.4, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS stayed at 2.0. PERSON OF INTEREST gained 0.1 to 1.7.
CW: A TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS special at 0.4 was followed by 0.3 for a FLASH rerun.
CBS has the cycle premieres of SURVIVOR and THE AMAZING RACE tonight. The other networks have fresh 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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