Empire, the FOX freshman hit TV show, posted MASSIVE ratings for Wednesday night’s 2 hour finale.
Wednesday’s two-hour finale delivered 16.5 million viewers and a 6.4 rating among adults 18-49. Also, Empire garnered 2.4 million tweets during the 2 hour telecast.
That’s another series-best performance for Fox’s break-out hip-hop drama – up 10 percent from last week – capping a season full of unprecedented series bests.
Empire managed to grow its viewership for ten consecutive weeks and is the year’s top-rated broadcast drama in the demo.
Via Entertainment Weekly. Updates coming.
Via TVByTheNumbers
On FOX, the two-hour season finale of Empire earned a gigantic series high 6.4, up 10 percent from last week’s series high 5.8 adults 18-49 rating. The first hour notched a 6.4 while the second hour, which Nielsen will count as the part of the series overall average rating, rose to a 6.8. Empire has now surpassed The Big Bang Theory to become the highest rated scripted broadcast program of the 2014-15 television season.
On CBS, a two-hour Survivor matched last week’s 2.2 adults 18-49 rating.
8:00
FOX Empire (8-10PM) – Season Finale 6.4/20 16.53
CBS Survivor (8-10PM) 2.3/ 9.54
ABC The Middle – R 1.2/4 5.15
CW Arrow 0.8/3 2.37
NBC The Mysteries of Laura – R 0.6/2 4.458:30
ABC The Goldbergs – R 1.3/4 4.56
9:00
ABC Modern Family – R 1.5/5 5.39
NBC Law & Order: SVU – R 0.8/ 4.73
CW Supernatural 0.7/2 1.919:30
ABC black-ish – R 1.2/4 4.44
10:00
CBS CSI: Cyber – Series Premiere 1.4/ 7.94
ABC The Untold Story of the Sound of Music 1.4/ 7.32
NBC Chicago P.D. – R 0.9/3 4.23
Half Hour Breakdown by Marc Berman
8:00 p.m.
ABC – The Middle (R)
Viewers: 5.15 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)CBS – Survivor
Viewers: 9.90 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 8 (#2)NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (R)
Viewers: 4.60 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#4)Fox – Empire (Season finale)
Viewers: 15.19 million (#1), A18-49: 5.8/21 (#1)CW – Arrow
Viewers: 2.42 million (#5), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#5)———-
8:30 p.m.
ABC – The Goldbergs (R)
Viewers: 4.56 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)CBS – Survivor
Viewers: 9.79 million (#2), A18-49: 2.4/ 8 (#2)NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (R)
Viewers: 4.29 million (#4), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#4)Fox – Empire (Season finale)
Viewers: 15.96 million (#1), A18-49: 6.2/20 (#1)CW – Arrow
Viewers: 2.32 million (#5), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#5)———-
9:00 p.m.
ABC – Modern Family (R)
Viewers: 5.39 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#3)CBS – Survivor
Viewers: 9.08 million (#1), A18-49: 2.1/ 7 (#2)NBC – Law & Order: SVU (R)
Viewers: 4.47 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 2 (#4)Fox – Empire (Season finale)
Viewers: 17.28 million (#1), A18-49: 6.7/21 (#1)CW – Supernatural
Viewers: 2.00 million (#5), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#5)———-
9:30 p.m.
ABC – black-ish (R)
Viewers: 4.44 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)CBS – Survivor
Viewers: 9.37 million (#1), A18-49: 2.12 7 (#2)NBC – Law & Order: SVU (R)
Viewers: 4.99million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#4)Fox – Empire (Season finale)
Viewers: 17.65 million (#1), A18-49: 6.9/20 (#1)CW – Supernatural
Viewers: 1.82 million (#5), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#5)———-
10:00 p.m.
ABC – The Untold Story of The Sound of Music
Viewers: 7.18 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#2)
CBS – CSI: Cyber
Viewers: 8.26 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1)NBC – Chicago PD (R)
Viewers: 4.13 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#3)———
10:30 p.m.
ABC – The Untold Story of The Sound of Music
Viewers: 7.46 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1)CBS – CSI: Cyber
Viewers: 7.62 million (#1), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#2)NBC – Chicago PD (R)
Viewers: 4.34 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#3)Source: Nielsen Media Research
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