Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 05/19/15

THE VOICE and DANCING WITH THE STARS went head-to-head with their respective season finales, on Tuesday night. DWTS was the most watched, while THE VOICE grabbed a better A18-49 and A25-54 ratings.

DANCING WITH THE STARS drew 13.3 million viewers and a 2.3 A18-49 demo rating, which was down a tenth of a point, in the demo, and off by 1.8 million viewers, from last year's finale. Over on NBC, THE VOICE collected 11.4 million viewers and a 2.9 rating in the A18-49 demographic. Its year-to-year losses were 13% (0.4) in the demo, but just 300,000 in viewership.

Over on the CW, THE FLASH ended its freshman season, hauling in 3.7 million viewers and a 1.4 demo rating. It was the 5th best rated show of the night, in the A18-49 ratings and performed better than both episodes of HELL'S KITCHEN, on FOX.

CBS was in Summer mode, airing NCIS episodes for the night, but drawing the third most viewers for the 8 p.m. episode.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-49	A25-54+
ABC	11.2 million	2.2	2.8
CBS	7.6 million	0.9	1.5
CW	2.8 million	1.1	1.1
FOX	3.4 million	1.3	1.5
NBC	10.1 million	2.4	3.3

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Bachelorette	7.00	1.9	2.2
9:00	ABC	Dancing With the Stars (SF)	13.30	2.3	3.1
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	9.10	1.0	1.6
9:00	CBS	NCIS: New Orleans [R]	7.30	0.9	1.4
10:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	6.40	0.9	1.4
8:00	CW	The Flash (SF)	3.70	1.4	1.4
9:00	CW	iZombie	1.80	0.7	0.8
8:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen	3.50	1.2	1.5
9:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen	3.30	1.3	1.5
8:00	NBC	The Voice Recap	7.70	1.6	2.2
9:00	NBC	The Voice (SF)	11.40	2.9	3.8

* - in millions