Final Broadcast Ratings: March 18, 2015
EMPIRE rules broadcast TV!The hottest TV series in years closed out its first season, with its best ever ratings, commanding 16.7 million viewers and a 6.5 rating in the A18-49 ratings, over its two hour broadcast. The series rose 1.8 million viewers and 12% in the demo, over last week. The only down side of the finale is... that the next new episode will not air for at least six months from now.
CBS was a very distant second place, but did collect a 2.1 rating average, in the demo, for the night. Back-to-back episodes of SURVIVOR did well, considering it was directly against the EMPIRE finale. CSI CYBER did slip about 20%, in the demo, and close two two million total viewers, from last week, but it still won its 10 p.m. time slot.
ABC was mostly in encores, but did preempt NASHVILLE for a SOUND OF MUSIC special. The show tied CYBER in the demo, with a 1.4 rating and was not far behind the CBS drama in total viewers.
The CW tied an all repeat NBC line up, in the A18-49 ratings, each with a 0.8 score. SUPERNATURAL did only marginally better than recent episodes of THE 100, in the time slot.
Final L+SD Network Averages:
ABC - 5.7 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49
CBS - 9.1 million viewers, 2.1 rating in A18-49
CW - 2.2 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49
FOX - 16.7 million viewers, 6.5 rating in A18-49
NBC - 4.5 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49
| Time | Net | Program | P2+* | A18-49 | L+3^ | L+7^ |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Middle [R] | 5.13 | 1.2 | ||
| 8:30 | ABC | The Goldbergs [R] | 4.50 | 1.3 | ||
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family [R] | 5.46 | 1.5 | ||
| 9:30 | ABC | Black-ish [R] | 4.42 | 1.3 | ||
| 10:00 | ABC | The Untold Story: Sound of Music | 7.30 | 1.4 | ||
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor | 9.62 | 2.3 | ||
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI Cyber | 7.96 | 1.4 | ||
| 8:00 | CW | Arrow | 2.56 | 0.9 | ||
| 9:00 | CW | Supernatural | 1.73 | 0.6 | ||
| 8:00 | FOX | Empire | 15.82 | 6.1 | (8.5) | (9.1) |
| 9:00 | FOX | Empire | 17.62 | 6.9 | (9.1) | (9.6) |
| 8:00 | NBC | The Mysteries of Laura [R] | 4.37 | 0.6 | ||
| 9:00 | NBC | Law & Order: SVU [R] | 4.80 | 0.8 | ||
| 10:00 | NBC | Chicago PD [R] | 4.25 | 0.9 |
* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected Live+3 and Live+7:
millions of viewers(A18-49 demo rating)
^ - projected Live+3 and Live+7:
millions of viewers(A18-49 demo rating)
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