Broadcast ratings for the week of May 21 are heavily tilted toward the first few days, which featured the end of the September-to-May season. A host of finales are predictably at the top of the charts.
The season ender for “Roseanne” was the week’s top show among adults 18-49 with a 2.5 rating. It finished 0.8 ahead of the series finale of “The Middle” and the Season 4 finale of “Empire.”
The “NCIS” finale finished first in total viewers with 12.07 million.
Here are the network standings for last week and the season so far.
May 21-27 | ABC | CBS | CW | FOX | NBC | TEL | UNI |
Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank) | 0.8/4 (1t) | 0.7/3 (3t) | 0.3/1 (7) | 0.7/3 (3t) | 0.8/4 (1t) | 0.4/2 (5t) | 0.4/2 (5t) |
Viewers in millions (rank) | 4.09 (3) | 5.01 (1) | 1.13 (6) | 2.71 (4) | 4.35 (2) | 1.03 (7) | 1.26 (5) |
Season to date | ABC | CBS | CW | FOX | NBC | TEL | UNI |
Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank) | 1.5/6 (2t) | 1.5/6 (2t) | 0.6/2 (5) | 1.5/6 (2t) | 2.1/9 (1) | 0.5/2 (6t) | 0.5/2 (6t) |
Viewers in millions (rank) | 6.06 (3) | 8.93 (1) | 1.72 (5) | 4.88 (4) | 8.79 (2) | 1.23 (7) | 1.56 (6) |
Current week ratings are live + same-day. Season-to-date ratings are “most current,” a combination of Live +7 and same-day ratings.
Here are the program rankings:
Top 25 broadcast shows (including ties) in adults 18-49 for May 21-27, 2018
Rank | Show | Net | Day | Time | 18-49 rating |
18-49 viewers (000s)
|
1 | ROSEANNE – F | ABC | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,188 |
2 | THE MIDDLE – F | ABC | Tues. | 8:30 PM | 1.7 | 2,164 |
EMPIRE – F | FOX | Weds. | 8:00 PM | 1.7 | 2,158 | |
4 | AMERICAN IDOL – F | ABC | Mon. | 9:00 PM | 1.6 | 2,085 |
5 | THE VOICE | NBC | Mon. | 8:00 PM | 1.5 | 1,955 |
THE VOICE – F | NBC | Tues. | 9:00 PM | 1.5 | 1,943 | |
7 | SURVIVOR – F | CBS | Weds. | 8:00 PM | 1.4 | 1,861 |
8 | NCIS – F | CBS | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 1.3 | 1,622 |
STAR – F | FOX | Weds. | 9:00 PM | 1.3 | 1,615 | |
10 | LAW & ORDER: SVU – F | NBC | Weds. | 9:00 PM | 1.2 | 1,535 |
11 | DANCING WITH THE STARS – F | ABC | Mon. | 8:00 PM | 1.1 | 1,463 |
THE VOICE – R | NBC | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 1.1 | 1,425 | |
THE BIG BANG THEORY – R | CBS | Mon. | 8:00 PM | 1.1 | 1,387 | |
14 | THE BIG BANG THEORY – R | CBS | Thurs. | 8:00 PM | 1.0 | 1,344 |
SPLITTING UP TOGETHER – F | ABC | Tues. | 9:30 PM | 1.0 | 1,308 | |
MAN WITH A PLAN – F | CBS | Mon. | 8:30 PM | 1.0 | 1,296 | |
THE BIG BANG THEORY – R | CBS | Mon. | 9:00 PM | 1.0 | 1,268 | |
YOUNG SHELDON – R | CBS | Thurs. | 8:31 PM | 1.0 | 1,242 | |
19 | THE LAST DAYS OF MICHAEL JACKSON – S | ABC | Thurs. | 8:00 PM | 0.9 | 1,222 |
SURVIVOR REUNION – S | CBS | Weds. | 10:30 PM | 0.9 | 1,101 | |
21 | CELEBRITY NINJA WARRIOR – S | NBC | Thurs. | 8:00 PM | 0.8 | 1,070 |
THE FLASH – F | CW | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 0.8 | 1,035 | |
NASCAR M.E. CUP – COCA-COLA 600 | FOX | Sun. | 6:23 PM | 0.8 | 1,017 | |
MOM – R | CBS | Thurs. | 9:01 PM | 0.8 | 1,011 | |
HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT – S | NBC | Thurs. | 9:00 PM | 0.8 | 992 | |
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? | ABC | Thurs. | 10:00 PM | 0.8 | 988 | |
MOM – R | CBS | Mon. | 9:30 PM | 0.8 | 974 |
Top 25 broadcast shows in total viewers for May 21-27, 2018
Rank | Show | Net | Day | Time |
Viewers (000s)
|
1 | NCIS – F | CBS | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 12,071 |
2 | ROSEANNE – F | ABC | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 10,582 |
3 | THE VOICE – F | NBC | Tues. | 9:00 PM | 8,776 |
4 | DANCING WITH THE STARS – F | ABC | Mon. | 8:00 PM | 8,774 |
5 | AMERICAN IDOL – F | ABC | Mon. | 9:00 PM | 8,677 |
6 | THE VOICE | NBC | Mon. | 8:00 PM | 8,667 |
7 | SURVIVOR – F | CBS | Weds. | 8:00 PM | 7,330 |
8 | THE MIDDLE – F | ABC | Tues. | 8:30 PM | 7,088 |
9 | THE BIG BANG THEORY – R | CBS | Thurs. | 8:00 PM | 6,717 |
10 | NCIS – R | CBS | Tues. | 9:00 PM | 6,622 |
11 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | Sun. | 7:00 PM | 6,315 |
12 | THE BIG BANG THEORY – R | CBS | Mon. | 8:00 PM | 6,285 |
13 | YOUNG SHELDON – R | CBS | Thurs. | 8:31 PM | 6,195 |
14 | LAW & ORDER: SVU – F | NBC | Weds. | 9:00 PM | 6,120 |
15 | THE VOICE – R | NBC | Tues. | 8:00 PM | 6,095 |
16 | MAN WITH A PLAN – F | CBS | Mon. | 8:30 PM | 5,692 |
17 | THE LAST DAYS OF MICHAEL JACKSON – S | ABC | Thurs. | 8:00 PM | 5,549 |
18 | THE BIG BANG THEORY – R | CBS | Mon. | 9:00 PM | 5,532 |
19 | EMPIRE – F | FOX | Weds. | 8:00 PM | 5,300 |
20 | INSTINCT | CBS | Sun. | 8:00 PM | 5,160 |
21 | MOM – R | CBS | Thurs. | 9:01 PM | 5,039 |
22 | INSTINCT | CBS | Sun. | 9:00 PM | 4,684 |
23 | SURVIVOR REUNION – S | CBS | Weds. | 10:30 PM | 4,647 |
24 | BLUE BLOODS – R | CBS | Fri. | 10:00 PM | 4,556 |
25 | MOM – R | CBS | Mon. | 9:30 PM | 4,363 |
All program ratings are live + same-day. Source: The Nielsen Company.