More finales.
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: On a night of finales, THE GOLDBERGS was up 0.1 from last week to 1.2 (down 0.2 from 2017), ALEX INC gained 0.1 to 0.8, MODERN FAMILY was steady with last week’s 1.3 but down 0.4 from last year, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE held last week’s 1.1 (down 0.1 from 2017, which aired on a Tuesday), and DESIGNATED SURVIVOR was up 0.1 from last week to 0.6 (down a half-point from 2017).
CBS: SURVIVOR lost 0.1 to 1.4, the season finale of SEAL TEAM was steady at 0.9, and CODE BLACK was up 0.1 to 0.8.
NBC: The season finale of THE BLACKLIST dropped 0.1 to 0.7 (down 0.2 from 2017, which aired on a Thursday), SVU shed 0.1 to 1.0, and an INSIDE THE ROYAL WEDDING special was at 0.6.
FOX: EMPIRE remained at 1.6, and STAR was up 0.1 to 1.3.
CW: The 0.4 season finale of RIVERDALE was steady with both last week and last year’s finale, and THE ORIGINALS held at 0.3.
We’re now in the final week of the official broadcast TV season, so the finales are even thicker, with tonight’s crop including GREY’S ANATOMY, STATION 19, YOUNG SHELDON, LIFE IN PIECES, SWAT, GOTHAM, SUPERNATURAL and ARROW.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 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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