FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars (1.4) adjusted up while
iZombie (0.3) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC and NBC both had comedies leading into their reality tentpole finales with mixed results. The maneuver helped Downward Dog (1.0) hold up rather nicely in its first week on Tuesday, but it seemingly did no favors for the 150-minute Dancing with the Stars finale (1.3) itself; it was down a whooping half point from the Monday performance finale, and three tenths behind the year-ago Tuesday finale.
- Meanwhile, NBC's Great News (0.7/0.8) at least rallied by a touch from its low points last week, and The Voice (1.8/1.9) widened its usual lead over DWTS from 9:00 to 11:00; this was a similar Plus to last spring's 2.2 finale.
- On CBS, Bull (1.1) was left alone to air its season finale with a repeat NCIS (0.9) lead-in, and fell to tie its series low from a month ago. It led into another edition of 48 Hours: NCIS (0.6) at 10/9c.
- Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine (0.7/0.6) was steady, but Prison Break (0.7) crashed to a new low against the reality finales.
- And the CW was preliminarily on the uptick with the season finale of The Flash (1.1) and iZombie (0.4). If it holds, it would be the highest rating for Flash in almost three months.
FINALS UPDATE: Agents of SHIELD (0.7) and
The Mick (0.9) adjusted up while
48 Hours: NCIS (0.6) and
iZombie (0.3) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:
- NBC's new comedy Great News opened with a 1.2 demo at 9:00, slipping to a 1.0 at 9:30. This is just barely worse than the opening weeks of Trial & Error, which had much bigger lead-ins. The next question is if News can avoid the big week two drop that T&E saw in its second week in the 9:00 hour.
- Surrounding News were even The Voice (1.8) and Chicago Fire (1.3).
- On ABC, there were three comedy repeats (0.8/0.8/0.8) leading into an original Imaginary Mary (0.8), while Agents of SHIELD (0.6) finally fell back to its usual low from the winter.
- Fox was even across the board with Brooklyn Nine-Nine (0.7), The Mick (0.8 after sitting out last week) and Prison Break (0.9).
- CBS had drama repeats (0.7/0.8) leading into a preview of new newsmagazine 48 Hours: NCIS (0.7), which will be back to this slot in a month to eat up some early summer real estate.
- And The Flash (1.0) returned from hiatus, ticking up from its last ep in late March. It brought iZombie (0.4) up by a tick as well.
FINALS UPDATE: American Housewife (R)
(0.8) and
The Flash (0.9) adjusted up while
Legends of Tomorrow (0.5) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- A 12-season run finally came to an end on Tuesday, as Fox's crime drama Bones (1.0) exited the stage with a new season high and its first trip into the ones since December 2015. The rare bit of positive mojo for Fox even seemed to spill into the 8/7c hour a bit, as New Girl (0.9) and The Mick (0.9) were both up.
- On NBC, it was a rough second week in the 9/8c hour for Trial and Error (1.0/0.8): down two tenths from last week at 9:00 and three tenths at 9:30. Its lead-in from The Voice (2.1) was down two tenths from last week, while Chicago Fire (1.4) was down just one.
- Despite a little added Fox competition, CBS looked pretty normal with its fully-renewed trio of NCIS (1.6), Bull (1.3) and NCIS: New Orleans (1.1). The mothership ticked up from its new series low two weeks ago.
- ABC had more comedy repeats (0.8/0.7/0.8/0.7) leading into the finale of People Icons (0.5), which couldn't make it three weeks in a row of growth and instead fell back to the series premiere number.
- And the CW's The Flash (0.8) is eyeing a new series low but may have a shot at an uptick in finals. Despite that downswing, Legends of Tomorrow preliminarily held onto last week's 0.6.
FINALS UPDATE: Black-ish (R)
(0.8),
The Voice (2.3) and
The Flash (1.0) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:
- On NBC's first Tuesday without This Is Us, the network took a major step down at 9/8c with new comedy Trial and Error (1.2/1.1). The good news for T&E is that this was basically in line with the 1.4/1.0 it pulled in the 10/9c hour after This Is Us last week. Both The Voice (2.2) and Chicago Fire (1.5) were on the downswing without This Is Us in the middle.
- Fox had its regular lineup of New Girl (0.8), The Mick (0.8) and Bones (0.8). It was a new low for The Mick, which was in repeats last week when New Girl fell to its first 0.8 of the season. Meanwhile, Bones was on the uptick in its penultimate episode.
- On the CW, The Flash (0.9) had a musical crossover with Supergirl, but it was actually Legends of Tomorrow (0.6) that was on the upswing week-to-week.
- And it was repeat mode for CBS (0.9/0.8/0.7) as well as ABC's comedies (0.9/0.8/0.8/0.7). The networks' only original was the third episode of People Icons (0.7), which grew for the second week in a row.
FINALS UPDATE: Movie: When We Rise p3 (0.4) and
Life in Pieces (R)
(1.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- An hour of The Voice blind auditions was cut off by the presidential address on Tuesday, and NBC plugged it into Thursday (2.3), providing sizable boosts to Chicago Med (1.7) and week two of The Blacklist: Redemption (1.0). It was easily Med's best rating since making the move to Thursday.
- NBC had little resistance from the usual Thursday leaders, with ABC enduring another three hours of When We Rise (0.5/0.4/0.5) including a documentary on the event in the 8:00 hour. CBS went with comedy repeats (1.6/1.3/1.5/1.2), including The Big Bang Theory anchoring both hours. Of some note is that the Life in Pieces repeat actually tied last week's original, while Training Day (0.8) saw a noticeable uptick in its first airing since the death of series lead Bill Paxton.
- On Fox, MasterChef Junior (1.1) inched down against The Voice, but My Kitchen Rules (0.8) got a tenth back.
- And the CW had a bit of a sigh of relief as Riverdale was able to get back to 0.4 after last week's big drop. Supernatural stayed at 0.6.
FINALS UPDATE: Fresh Off the Boat (1.1),
The Real O'Neals (1.0) and
The Wall (R)
(1.0) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Numbers and analysis coming shortly. A presidential address effectively reduced the entertainment night to one hour; NBC had its first Tuesday edition of The Voice, while ABC tried out the 9:00 comedies Fresh Off the Boat and The Real O'Neals an hour earlier.
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