Primetime Ratings: ABC’s ‘Dancing’ Finale Down Year to Year

NBC won the night despite an off night for The Voice, the network averaging a 1.9/7 rating and share in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, trailed by ABC at 1.7/6, CBS at 1.5/5 and Fox and The CW both at 0.7/2. 

The Voice, up against a Dancing With the Stars finale on ABC, among other things, did a 1.8, down 14% from last week. This Is Us slipped 8% to 2.4 and Chicago Fire was a flat 1.5. 

On ABC, The Middle scored a flat 1.6 and American Housewife was off 13% at 1.4 before Dancing With the Stars rated a 1.8, with 10.9 million total viewers. It rated a 1.8 the night before, while last year’s fall Dancing finale scored a 2.4.  

On CBS, NCIS grew 12% to a 1.9, Bull was a flat 1.5 and NCIS: New Orleans a level 1.2. 

Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine weighed in at a flat 0.9 and New Girl at 0.8, down 11%, before Scream Queens fell 17% to a 0.5. 

CW’s Flash was down a tenth of a point at 1.1, and No Tomorrow was a flat 0.3.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.