A grim night all around.
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: Even though FRESH OFF THE BOAT was down 0.2 from last week to 1.5, it was still the highest rated show of the night on ABC. REPEAT AFTER ME dropped 0.1 to 1.1, and the swelling campaign for next month’s AVENGERS 2 is doing absolutely nothing for AGENTS OF SHIELD, which fell 0.2 to a new series low 1.4. FOREVER was a rerun at 0.8.
NBC: THE VOICE was down half a point from last week, although its 3.6 towered over everything else on the networks. CHICAGO FIRE was the only show all night to hold steady, at 2.1.
CBS: The whole line-up was down, with NCIS off by 0.2 to 2.1, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS falling 0.3 to 1.6, and PERSON OF INTEREST losing 0.3 to 1.4.
FOX: HELL’S KITCHEN slipped 0.1 to 1.3, and after a NEW GIRL rerun (0.7), THE MINDY PROJECT dropped 0.1 to a new series low 0.9.
CW: Still in rerun mode at 0.4/0.3.
CW isn’t giving THE 100 much of a season finale push tonight, preceding it with an ARROW rerun. Only BLACK-ISH is new on ABC, and NBC is all-rerun, so the night’s major interest will be whether EMPIRE can hit yet another new high with its last new episode before next week’s season finale. On cable, HINDSIGHT has its season finale on VH1.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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