Primetime Ratings: ‘Idol’ Pops, Fox Wins

American Idol, down to its last few episodes, paced Fox to a broadcast ratings title Thursday, the net posting a 2.1 rating in adults 18-49, with a 7 share. CBS was next up with a 1.8/6, then ABC at 1.7/6, NBC at 0.7/3 and The CW at 0.6/2.

American Idol, with—spoiler alert—MacKenzie Bourg sent back to Lafayette, Louisiana—grew 24% to a 2.1.

On CBS, The Big Bang Theory was off 3% to a 3.4, and Life In Pieces slid 10% to 1.9. 2 Broke Girls rated a 1.6, down 6%, while the debut of Rush Hour averaged a 1.1.

Over ABC’s way, Grey’s Anatomy tallied a 2.2, up 10%, and Scandal climbed 13% to 1.8, before The Catch fell 17% to 1.0.  

NBC had the finale of You, Me & the Apocalypse at a flat 0.6 and a repeat of The Blacklist, then Shades of Blue at 1.1, up 10%.

CW aired DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at a flat 0.7 while The 100 grew 25% to 0.5.  

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.