A season finale that actually ticked up from last year.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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: The SURVIVOR season finale was at 1.5, steady with last week and up 0.1 from the May 2018 finale. The REUNION special that followed had a preliminary 1.1, steady with last year’s early number (which adjusted down 0.3 in finals).
CW: The RIVERDALE season finale was at 0.3, steady with last week and down 0.1 from 2018. JANE THE VIRGIN lost 0.1 to 0.2.
NBC: CHICAGO MED (1.1) and CHICAGO PD (1.0) were each up 0.1, while CHICAGO FIRE held at 1.0.
FOX: A MASTERCHEF CELEBRITY FAMILY SHOWDOWN special was at 0.5, and PARADISE HOTEL clocked in at 0.3.
ABC: After a run of TOY STORY 2 at 0.6, the penultimate episode of WHISKEY CAVALIER remained at 0.4
THE BIG BANG THEORY ends its run tonight with a 1-hour finale and (after the YOUNG SHELDON season finale) a retrospective special. Other season finales tonight: CBS’s SWAT, NBC’s SUPERSTORE, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and SVU, and ABC’s GREY’S ANATOMY, STATION 19 and FOR THE PEOPLE (the latter a series finale).
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)
PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS
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