A big farewell to a NCIS star.
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: Michael Weatherly departed NCIS last night, and it caused quite the ratings stir. The NCIS season finale rose 0.4 from last week to 2.5, which was up an even more impressive 0.6 from the 2015 season finale. (CBS, no dummies they, will launch Weatherly’s brand-new series BULL in the post-NCIS slot next fall.) There wasn’t much of a halo effect for the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS season finale, which at 1.8 was up 0.1 both from last week and last season’s finale. At 10PM, PERSON OF INTEREST held at last Tuesday’s 1.1.
ABC: FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.2 to 1.1, while THE REAL O’NEALS stayed at 0.9. The 2-hour season finale of AGENTS OF SHIELD was up 0.1 from last week to 1.0, which was down 0.3 from last year’s 2-hour season finale.
FOX: After weeks of hype, and even with an appearance from His Majesty Donald Trump himself, MEGYN KELLY PRESENTS had a weak broadcast debut at 0.8. The series premiere of COUPLED was even lower at 0.5.
NBC: THE VOICE, CHICAGO MED and CHICAGO FIRE were all steady, respectively at 1.8/1.6/1.6.
CW: THE FLASH and CONTAINMENT were equally stable at 1.3/0.5.
Tonight’s season finales include SURVIVOR (as usual, a 3-hour event), EMPIRE, and the entire ABC sitcom line-up.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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