FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelor (1.5),
The Bachelor (1.4) and
America's Most Wanted (0.4) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- After ending the season on two-night events for the last three years, The Bachelor (1.4/1.4/1.3) went back to a one-night finale in 2021, and the rough year-to-year trends continued or even worsened (vs. a 2.17/2.47 for the two nights last year).
- Against that finale, NBC held up with The Voice (1.0/1.1) and week three of Debris (0.4), while the CBS comedies (0.7/0.6) were down a little as the dramas (0.4/0.4) returned in the last two hours.
- Fox was off the radar with a quiet return for longtime staple America's Most Wanted (0.3) in the 9/8c hour after a 9-1-1 repeat (0.4). The CW brought back usual summer import Bulletproof (0.1) to lead into Black Lightning (0.1).
FINALS UPDATE: America's Funniest Home Videos (R)
(0.7),
Grammy Awards (2.3, +0.4) and
The Simpsons (0.5) adjusted up while
60 Minutes (0.9, -0.2) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- The Grammy Awards (1.9/2.1/1.8) became just the latest of the big award shows to take a massive year-to-year drop, down by more than 50% from last year's 4.7 prelim (which adjusted up to a 5.4 final). The show should end up with a lower 18-49 rating than last Sunday's Harry/Meghan interview.
- NBC's Good Girls dropped to 0.3 in week two, matching its lead-in from Ellen's Game of Games (0.3). ABC's American Idol (0.8) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.4) along with the Fox originals (0.4/0.3/0.4/0.4/0.5/0.4) looked a lot like last week.
FINALS UPDATE: 20/20 (0.4),
The Blacklist (0.4) and
WWE SmackDown! (0.6) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: Grey's Anatomy (0.9) and
Clarice (0.4) adjusted up while
Last Man Standing (0.4) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- A presidential address in the 8:00 half-hour bumped the start of primetime on the East Coast and could cause larger adjustments in the finals. ABC had the return of Station 19 (0.8/0.9), Grey's Anatomy (0.9/0.7) and A Million Little Things (0.4), the latter two of which would be at new lows if current results hold.
- CBS aired Young Sheldon (0.7), B Positive (0.6) and Mom (0.5) into a potential new low for week five of Clarice (0.3). NBC started Superstore (0.3) at 8:30, and Fox timeshifted its lineup of Hell's Kitchen (0.6/0.5), Call Me Kat (0.4) and Last Man Standing (0.5).
- As the only entertainment option at the start of the night, the CW's Walker was preliminarily back up to 0.3 for the first time in three episodes.
FINALS UPDATE: S.W.A.T. (0.4),
Chicago Fire (1.0) and
The Masked Singer (1.3) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- Fox's The Masked Singer (1.2) returned in the 8/7c hour, topping the night but diminished considerably from the winter premiere a year ago (2.0) and even from the last fall premiere (1.6). Its new reality lead-out Game of Talents (0.7) did not look as strong as previous TMS lead-outs like LEGO Masters (premiered to a 1.6 out of a 2.0 in Feburary 2020) and I Can See Your Voice (1.2 out of a 1.6 in September 2020).
- It was a tight race for the nightly lead against the return of NBC's One Chicago, with Chicago Med (1.0) beating its last episode three weeks ago and Chicago Fire (0.9) and Chicago PD (0.8) even to very narrowly down.
- As usual against the NBC drama competition, it got ugly for CBS with SEAL Team (0.4) and S.W.A.T. (0.3), while the CW's Riverdale (0.1) and Nancy Drew (0.1) returned from a week off.
FINALS UPDATE: To Tell the Truth (0.6),
Black-ish (R)
(0.4) and
The Voice (1.0) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- The CW's Superman and Lois held onto 0.3 in week three, once again matching its The Flash lead-in (0.3) in the demo and building significantly in total viewers. Both shows were just barely down from last week's preliminary viewership.
- Steadiness was also the trend elsewhere, including with NBC's The Voice (0.9) and New Amsterdam (0.6) which aired after a The Voice repeat (0.6) rather than comedies. The CBS dramas (0.8/0.7/0.5), Fox's The Resident (0.6) and ABC's To Tell the Truth (0.5) also looked about even.
FINALS UPDATE: Bob Hearts Abishola (0.7) and
9-1-1 (1.1) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- It was a tough second week for NBC's Debris (0.4), dropping by two tenths and retaining less than half of its The Voice (1.0) lead-in.
- After a virtual tie with The Voice last week, The Bachelor (1.2) pulled well ahead this time, and The Good Doctor (0.6) returned even in the 10/9c hour. The CBS comedies (0.8/0.6) and Fox dramas (1.0/0.9) were roughly even with their last episodes, while the CW's All American (0.3) and Black Lightning (0.2) were on the high end preliminarily.
Good Girls
Sundays, 10/9c, NBC
FINALS UPDATE: America's Funniest Home Videos (0.7) and
Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special (2.7) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- The night belonged to CBS thanks to a massive-two hour Oprah Winfrey interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (2.6), nearly doubling the 18-49 average for last week's Golden Globes and more than doubling it in total viewers.
- The competition had a tough time, including NBC which had no interest in the timeslot premiere of Ellen's Game of Games (0.3). But the season premiere of Good Girls managed to inch up to 0.4 at 10/9c, its most frequent raw number last season.
- American Idol (0.8) dropped at least a tenth and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.4) aired a special episode in the 10/9c hour. Fox probably held up the best (0.3/0.3/0.4/0.4/0.5/0.4), with a couple of its programs up from last week and the rest even.
FINALS UPDATE: 20/20 (0.6) and
Blue Bloods (0.5) adjusted up.
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