Primetime Ratings: Surging ‘Grey’s' Up 10% in Finale
ABC and CBS split the Thursday broadcast ratings title, both posting a 1.3 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. The season finale of Grey’s Anatomy was up 10% to 2.3, with 8.1 million total viewers, then a two-hour The Catch finale was a flat 0.9.
On CBS, a repeat of The Big Bang Theory led into The Odd Couple at 1.5, down a tenth of a point, then the season finale of Mom at 1.7, also down a tenth. A second Odd Couple rated a 1.4 and Rush Hour did its typical 0.9.
NBC rated a 0.8/3, with Strong at 0.6, down 14%, Blacklist at a flat 1.3, and Game of Silence at a flat 0.7.
Fox posted a 0.7/3, with Bones at 0.8 and American Grit at 0.6, both scores flat.
On The CW, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow was up 17% to 0.7, and The 100 up 25% to 0.5. Both were season finales. The network did a 0.6/2 for the night.
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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.