FINALS UPDATE: Chicago Med (R)
(0.6) and
Empire (1.2) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Fox's Empire (1.3) and Star (1.1) returned for the spring, down by 35% and 27% from their respective 2.0/1.5 spring returns a year ago. That's a significantly worse year-to-year trend than either of those shows experienced in the fall half of the season, and in fact they were both down from their fall finales (1.5/1.2).
- ABC's Whiskey Cavalier (0.6) was back to leading out of Single Parents (0.8) following post-American Idol exposure last week, and it dipped by a precious tenth from what it pulled on series premiere night two weeks ago. ABC did see comedies Schooled (1.0), Modern Family (1.2) as well as SP uptick vs. two weeks ago when they were facing the gigahit The Masked Singer finale.
- CBS said goodbye to The World's Best (0.7/0.6), leading out of a steady Survivor (1.5), and the CW was even again with Riverdale (0.3) and All American (0.2).
FINALS UPDATE: American Idol Special (1.5) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC's big unscripted week continued with American Idol (1.4/1.5) making a one-time stop on a special night, where it was below Sunday's premiere but right in line with Survivor (1.5) for top program of the night. The show also provided a boost for episode two of Whiskey Cavalier (0.9), which (like Tuesday's The Rookie after The Bachelor) grew by two tenths week-to-week.
- Idol had a lot of unscripted competition, as Fox finished off its reality winter with the last two hours of 24 Hours to Hell and Back (0.8/0.8), while CBS' Survivor (1.5) led into a minor rally for The World's Best (0.6/0.5). The CW was even with Riverdale (0.3) and All American (0.2).
FINALS UPDATE: The Masked Singer (2.7) adjusted up while
Match Game (0.4) and
The World's Best (0.6) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Survivor (1.6) returned to CBS in very healthy fashion, just a tenth below its spring and fall premieres in 2018. But it was no help to The World's Best (0.7/0.6), which went into full-on disaster mode in its move to the 9:00-11:00 block.
- World's Best was powerless to stop The Masked Singer (2.6), which was up two tenths for the second week in a row to tie its second-best rating ever. Lead-in 24 Hours to Hell and Back (1.1) gained a tick as well.
- It was crossover night for One Chicago, which meant Chicago Med (1.3) was even at 8/7c but Chicago Fire (1.3) and especially Chicago PD (1.4) got sizable upticks. This came just a little shy of PD's career high in Plus (when it got a 1.9 as part of a crossover two years ago).
- And Modern Family (1.1) was back to originals, but down to a new series low. The consolation for ABC was that the surrounding comedies Schooled (0.9) and Single Parents (0.7) each bounced back by a tick.
FINALS UPDATE: Chicago Fire (1.1),
Riverdale (R)
(0.1) and
All American (R)
(0.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- The second Wednesday edition of The World's Best (0.9) teamed up with the two-hour season finale of Celebrity Big Brother (1.0/0.9) for CBS. TWB was down a tenth from last week's two-hour average (though two tenths below what it did in the 8:00 hour). Meanwhile, the finale interest was pretty modest for CBB, which went well below the 1.4 from last year's finale.
- CBS lost both of the first two hours head-to-head against Fox (1.0/2.4), as The Masked Singer rebounded from last week's drop.
- With no original Modern Family, ABC was on the low end with The Goldbergs (1.1) at 8/7c and had rotten results from Schooled (0.8) at 8:30 and Single Parents (0.6) at 9:30. NBC's Chicago trio (1.3/1.2/1.1) was down a tenth from last week across the board.
FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.
WHAT MATTERS:- Three days after serving as the Super Bowl lead-out, The World's Best (1.0) debuted on its regular night with a 1.1 in the 8/7c hour, then fell to 0.9 at 9/8c, when it was more than doubled up by fellow really competition The Masked Singer (2.2). That might not be the end of the world for some premieres, but it is a definite disappointment on the heels of such heavy exposure; it looks like it had a smaller launch even in Plus than Hunted, the reality show CBS debuted after the AFC Championship game two years ago, and was well behind the first episode of 24: Legacy immediately after its 2017 Super Bowl run.
- TWB led into the season finale of Criminal Minds (0.8) at 10/9c. The 2.2 marked a double-digit week-to-week decline for The Masked Singer, while its lead-in 24 Hours to Hell and Back (1.1) inched down.
- It was a high-end night for NBC's One Chicago, with Chicago Med (1.4) eyeing a new season high while Chicago PD (1.2) tied its own season high at 10/9c and Chicago Fire (1.3) was up as well. The CW's Riverdale fell to its first 0.3 of this season (though it's been there in each of its previous two seasons).
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