Season finales began rolling in.
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.
FOX: On a night of finales, THE X-FILES rose 0.2 to 0.9, and 9-1-1 was up 0.1 to 1.7.
ABC: The line-up returned from a partial week off. THE GOLDBERGS was steady with its 1.5 from 2 weeks ago. The season finale of SPEECHLESS was up 0.4 from last week to 1.3, but that was up a more modest 0.1 from 2 weeks ago, when it had its GOLDBERGS lead-in. MODERN FAMILY (1.6) and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE (1.3) were each up 0.2 from 2 weeks ago. DESIGNATED SURVIVOR was steady with last week’s 0.7.
CBS: SURVIVOR (1.7) and CRIMINAL MINDS (0.9) were steady with last week, and SEAL TEAM returned from a week off up 0.1 to 1.0.
NBC: After 0.8 for a rerun SVU, a new episode gained 0.1 to 1.4, and CHICAGO PD was up 0.1 to 1.3.
CW: RIVERDALE (0.4) and LIFE SENTENCE (0.2) held last week’s numbers.
There’s no getting around the “fighting fire with fire” description for tonight’s network strategies: as ABC launches its firefighter drama (and GREY’S ANATOMY spin-off) STATION 19 with a 2-hour premiere, NBC counters with back-to-back episodes of CHICAGO FIRE. Meanwhile, CBS returns to its coverage of the NCAA TOURNAMENT.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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