FINALS UPDATE: Man with a Plan (R)
(0.7) and
Stanley Cup Finals (1.6) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- The Bachelorette (1.6/1.5) got its post-Memorial Day rebound, putting it down by a tenth or two from the post-Memorial day episode a year ago. 10/9c dramas The Crossing (0.6) and Elementary (0.6) were also on the upswing.
- After stopping off on NBCSN on Wednesday (1.32) and Saturday (1.11), the Stanley Cup Finals returned to the broadcast network with a preliminary 1.5 on Monday. The cable games were both up about a tenth year-to-year, but it looks like this blowout will be down a good bit from the 2.0 for Game 4 last year.
- It was a quiet return for Fox's So You Think You Can Dance (0.7), down by two tenths vs. last year's premiere, while 9-1-1 (0.5) began repeating in its fall timeslot.
- And the CW was on the high side with Supergirl (0.5) and the double-episode return of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.3/0.4). Whose Line? only got to 0.4 a couple times all of last summer, so this would be good if it holds in finals.
FINALS UPDATE: Man with a Plan (R)
(0.6) and
Stanley Cup Finals (1.7) adjusted up while
The Crossing (0.4) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- With an American Idol taking up its usual spot on the last Monday of the regular season, The Bachelorette was left with Memorial Day for its season premiere (1.4). It was significantly below last year's 1.8 premiere, but the more appropriate comparison is to last year's Memorial Day episode (1.5) which makes it look much more reasonable.
- NBC had game one of the Stanley Cup Finals (1.6/1.6/1.5). It was very close to last year's 1.7 opener, despite facing huge competition from Game 7 of the NBA's Western Conference Finals on TNT.
- Elsewhere, quite a few dramas from regular season Mondays continued into the summer. That included a mostly ignored one-time return for Lucifer (0.5/0.5), unloading two leftover episodes that would've been incorporated into a season four. ABC's The Crossing (0.5), CBS' Elementary (down a tenth to 0.4) and the CW's Supergirl (0.4) and season finale of iZombie (0.2) were also back.
FINALS UPDATE: The Big Bang Theory (R)
(1.1) and
Man with a Plan (1.0) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- Recently axed Lucifer (0.8) became the second show in as many days to end its season on an uptick in the midst of a huge online fan campaign. It was the show's first trip back to 0.8 since late March. Lead-out The Resident (0.9) also ended its season well.
- CBS plugged in a repeat of The Big Bang Theory (1.0) at 8/7c, keeping Man with a Plan at 0.9 while Superior Donuts (0.9) joined in on the post-cancellation upswing trend in a big way. (It was the first 0.9 for Donuts since early March.) Elementary had 0.6 for the third week in a row at 10/9c.
- Reality staples The Voice (1.6) and Dancing with the Stars (1.1/1.0) were even to slightly up, while the 10/9c lead-outs Running Wild (0.8) and The Crossing (0.5) were slightly down and even. The CW stayed on the high end of its spring levels with Supergirl (0.5) and freshly renewed iZombie (0.3).
FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars (1.0),
Man with a Plan (0.9),
The Voice (1.5) and
Supergirl (0.5) adjusted up while
The Resident (0.8) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Guest spots from Chris Rock and Adam Sandler brought the still not-yet-renewed Kevin Can Wait back up to 1.0 for its second season finale. But the momentum did not extend later in the night, as Man with a Plan (0.8) and Superior Donuts (0.7) stayed even. (Both will be original again next week following a The Big Bang Theory repeat.) Elementary (0.6) was also steady.
- NBC had the return of Running Wild with Bear Grylls (0.9), which is back on a regularly-scheduled basis for the first time in two years. It matched last week's Good Girls finale, but The Voice (1.4/1.5) gave back all of its uptick from last week.
- Fox's Lucifer (0.7) and The Resident (0.9) were both on the rebound after last week's lows. On ABC, the second week of Dancing with the Stars (0.9/1.0) was down a tenth or two from last week's premiere, while The Crossing (0.5) matched last week. And the CW's iZombie (0.3) is hoping for an uptick as a final decision on its fate awaits.
FINALS UPDATE: The Voice (1.7) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- Dancing with the Stars (1.2/1.1) made a much later than usual appearance on the spring scene, opening up a four-week May sweeps event. Based on the premiere ratings, that reduction was warranted; it was barely over half of last spring's 2.1 premiere. Maybe that comparison is a bit unfair since that premiere was late March rather than the end of April, but it's still way down in Plus from the 1.6ish it was doing at this time a year ago.
- It also dealt a seeming death blow to genre lead-out The Crossing (0.5), which had been holding up OK after Idol but collapsed by two precious tenths this week.
- DWTS' arrival was seemingly a good thing for The Voice (1.6), which was up at least a tenth from last week, while the Good Girls season finale (0.9) preliminarily matched last week.
- But it was a mostly down night for the scripted options elsewhere. CBS' Kevin Can Wait (0.8) and Superior Donuts (0.7) are eyeing new lows, sandwiching an even Man with a Plan (0.8). Elementary (0.6) took over for a mostly-summer run in the 10/9c hour and was a notch below Scorpion's season low.
- Fox's Lucifer (0.6) and The Resident (0.8) were also down a tenth, though CW's Supergirl (0.5) bucked the trend and eked out an uptick.
FINALS UPDATE: The Resident (0.9) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- American Idol (1.3/1.4) drew closer than ever to The Voice (1.5) on Monday, though that was more about The Voice than Idol; preliminarily, it was down a whooping three tenths week-to-week, while Idol was close to even. 10/9c dramas The Crossing (0.7) and Good Girls (0.9) matched last week's finals.
- CBS' originals took the night off in favor of Sheldon-verse repeats (1.0/1.0/1.0/1.0), which as always meant better ratings than the usual occupants. A Carpool Karaoke special (0.8) also improved the 10/9c hour vs. last week's Scorpion finale. Elsewhere, Fox's The Resident (0.8) along with CW's Supergirl (0.4) and iZombie (0.2) ticked down.
FINALS UPDATE: American Idol (1.4) and
The Voice (1.8) adjusted up while
Good Girls (0.9) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Fox dramas Lucifer (0.7) and The Resident (0.9) were back from multiple weeks off, with the latter impressing once again, while the CW's Supergirl did well to hold onto a 0.5 in its first episode in over two months. Preliminarily, it also brought iZombie (0.3) up a notch with it.
- The Monday reality staples were both down, but NBC's The Voice (1.8/1.7) pulled a little farther ahead of ABC's American Idol (1.3/1.4). The same was true in the 10/9c drama duel as Good Girls looks to hold onto another 1.0 while The Crossing (0.7) inched down again in week three.
- CBS' Kevin Can Wait (0.9) and Man with a Plan (0.8) ticked down, while Superior Donuts (0.8) and Living Biblically (0.6) were even. Scorpion (0.7) also matched last week as it wrapped up for the season, with an uncertain future awaiting.
FINALS UPDATE: American Idol (1.6) and
Kevin Can Wait (1.0) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC's The Crossing had a decent week two hold, dropping just a tenth to 0.8 in week two, and with a 0.9 -> 0.8 breakdown it looks relatively unlikely to hit a 0.7 after finals. It had some help as American Idol (1.5) was up at least a tenth from last week's low against the basketball game.
- But NBC's Good Girls (1.0) took sole possession of the lead at 10/9c, and will hope to hold in the ones for the first time in three weeks after finals. In the first two hours, The Voice (1.8/1.9) was roughly even.
- CBS was back from a week off, steady in the first half of the night with Kevin Can Wait (0.9), Man with a Plan (0.9) and Superior Donuts (0.8). But Living Biblically (0.6) plunged to a new low at 9:30, and Scorpion (0.7) was down as well. The season finale of Legends of Tomorrow (0.4) as well as iZombie (0.2) were even on the CW.
FINALS UPDATE: The Crossing (0.9) adjusted down. The basketball game averaged a 4.09 on TBS + 0.55 on TNT + 0.19 on TruTV.
WHAT MATTERS:
- ABC began life after The Good Doctor with new genre drama The Crossing (1.0) premiering in unspectacular fashion at 10/9c. This kind of show doesn't have a great history of holding up well post-premiere, but it was available online for awhile and faced a big basketball game last night. The network's mojo was also a bit diminished earlier in the night, as American Idol (1.4) was down multiple tenths from 8:00 to 10:00.
- NBC's The Voice (1.9) also ticked down, though Good Girls preliminarily was able to stay even at 0.9. The other two networks mostly sat out against TBS' NCAA basketball championship, though in CBS' case that meant doing better numbers than usual with repeats of the Sheldon shows (1.3/1.2/1.1). That helped bump the lone original Living Biblically (0.8) up a notch.
- On the CW, Legends of Tomorrow (0.4) was even and iZombie took the night off in favor of a Penn and Teller: Fool Us special (0.3).
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