Final Broadcast Ratings: May 21, 2017

The Billboard Music Awards lifts ABC to the top of the Sunday night ratings, as the annual event draws 8.7 million viewers and a 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49. That is significantly down from last year's show, by 1.1 million viewers and 20% in the A18-49 demo.

For CBS, NBC and FOX, it was all season finales, for the entertainment programs. FOX did better in the younger demographics, finishing second in the A18-34 and A1849 demos. CBS drew the most viewers and NBC was tops in the A25-54 demographic.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	7.60 million	1.7	2.2	2.6
CBS	6.80 million	0.4	0.7	1.1
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	1.80 million	0.7	0.8	0.9
NBC	4.40 million	0.4	0.8	1.2

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV (SF)	4.44	0.5	0.8	1.1
8:00	ABC	Billboard Music Awards	8.70	2.1	2.6	3.1
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	8.25	0.3	0.8	1.3
8:00	CBS	60 Minutes	7.47	0.4	0.8	1.2
9:00	CBS	Madam Secretary (SF)	7.44	0.4	0.7	1.1
10:00	CBS	Elementary (SF)	4.11	0.3	0.5	0.8
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.19	0.4	0.5	0.5
7:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers (SF)	1.61	0.6	0.8	0.8
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons (SF)	2.15	0.7	0.9	1.0
8:30	FOX	Making History (SF)	1.28	0.5	0.6	0.6
9:00	FOX	Family Guy	2.05	0.9	1.0	1.1
9:00	FOX	Family Guy (SF)	2.23	0.8	1.1	1.2
7:00	NBC	Dateline	4.92	0.4	0.9	1.3
9:00	NBC	Shades of Blue	3.78	0.3	0.7	1.0
10:00	NBC	Shades of Blue (SF)	4.10	0.3	0.7	1.0

* - viewers in millions