Some season/series finales were received more eagerly than others.
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: 2 BROKE GIRLS perked up by 0.4 to a season finale 2.0 (steady with the 2014 finale), the last new episode it will air until midseason. Also on the bench: MIKE & MOLLY, which rose 0.1 from last week to 1.8 (down 0.2 from last year’s finale). The final episode of STALKER lost 0.1 to tie its series low 1.2. NCIS LA gained 0.1 for its season finale to 1.4–that was down a huge 1.1 from last year’s finale, but at that time the show was airing on Tuesdays with NCIS as its lead-in.
ABC: DANCING WITH THE STARS was steady at 2.2, and the season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 2.1, up 0.1 from the 2014 premiere.
NBC: THE VOICE was up 0.2 to 2.6 (still down 20% from the parallel night last year), and the season finale of THE NIGHT SHIFT held at 1.2.
FOX: The 2-hour series finale of THE FOLLOWING was at 1.0/0.9, the 2d hour tying its series low.
CW: A run of the Andy Samberg/Rashida Jones movie CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER barely survived 2 hours with a dreadful 0.1.
Tonight’s season finales include THE VOICE, DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE FLASH.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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