TV Ratings 5/30/17: World of Dance Starts High, Downward Dog Falls, AGT Returns Huge (UPDATED)

It was a rough night to not be NBC. NBC was on top of the world last night, looking down on the other networks as they all failed to crack a 1.0 against the huge premieres of America's Got Talent and World of Dance. AGT started with a 2.6, steady year to year. At 10, World of Dance was a huge improvement on the premiere of last year's occupant Maya & Marty (which is MIA and is assumed to have been quietly canceled), pulling an impressive 2.4. Less impressive was Downward Dog on ABC, which fell three tenths against the increased competition. Also working against Downward Dog was its decreased lead-out, which likely was also a contributing factor to the show's drop. Also airing on ABC was the actual series finale of Imaginary Mary, which unsurprisingly hit a series low airing between repeats. CBS had solid Bull and NCIS repeats, and another pathetic rating from 48 Hours: NCIS, which was down a tenth with a lower lead-in. Fox aired the season (series?) finale of Prison Break, which had an incredibly impressive two tenth rebound despite a repeat lead-in and the AGT competition. iZombie on the CW once again had a 0.3, though it's less pathetic since its lead-in was an anemic Flash repeat.

Finals Update: America's Got Talent (+0.1) and the Lethal Weapon repeat (+0.1) adjusted up. The series finale of Imaginary Mary (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	America's Got Talent (P)	2.7/10	12.06	NBC
	NCIS (R)	0.8/4	7.22	ABC
	Downward Dog	0.7/4	3.77	CBS
	Lethal Weapon (R)	0.6/2	2.06	Fox
	The Flash (R)	0.2/1	0.83	The CW
8:30 PM	The Middle (R)	0.6/3	2.73	ABC
9 PM	Prison Break (F)	0.9/3	2.34	Fox
	Bull (R)	0.8/3	6.36	CBS
	American Housewife (R)	0.6/3	2.42	ABC
	iZombie	0.3/1	0.90	The CW
9:30 PM	Imaginary Mary (Series Finale)	0.5/2	2.16	ABC
10 PM	World of Dance (P)	2.4/9	9.74	NBC
	48 Hours: NCIS	0.5/3	4.33	CBS
	American Housewife (R)	0.4/2	1.92	ABC
10:30 PM	Blackish (R)	0.4/2	1.81	ABC

TV Ratings 5/16/17: Imaginary Mary Series Finale Down, NCIS: NO, The Middle, and Chicago Fire Rise on Finale Night (UPDATED)

Finals Update: NCIS (+0.1) and Bull (+0.1) adjusted up. The Middle's finale (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Voice	1.5/7	8.44	NBC
	NCIS (F)	1.5/6	13.06	CBS
	The Middle (F)	1.2/6	5.35	ABC
	The Flash	0.9/4	2.43	The CW
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	0.7/3	1.69	Fox
8:30 PM	American Housewife (F) Brooklyn Nine-Nine	1.2/5 0.6/3	4.44 1.41	ABC Fox
9 PM	Bull	1.3/5	10.88	CBS
	Fresh Off the Boat (F)	1.0/4	3.52	ABC
	Prison Break	0.9/4	2.42	Fox
	Great News	0.7/3	3.50	NBC
	iZombie	0.3/1	0.91	The CW
9:30 PM	Imaginary Mary (Series Finale)	0.8/3	2.82	ABC
	Great News	0.6/3	2.67	NBC
10 PM	Chicago Fire (F)	1.3/5	6.21	NBC
	NCIS: New Orleans (F)	1.1/5	9.10	CBS
	Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (F)	0.7/3	2.15	ABC

Imaginary Mary Canceled by ABC

It isn't imaginary, but the comedy Imaginary Mary will soon be just a memory. ABC has canceled Imaginary Mary after one season. Imaginary Mary ended up being the one unsuccessful new comedy on the network this season (not including yet-to-premiere Downward Dog of course), after fall series American Housewife and Speechless succeeded.

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TV Ratings 5/10/17: Great News Up a Little, Double Nine-Nine Steady (UPDATED)

After last week's Tuesday that featured many series lows, Tuesday was a night of upticks for some shows. The show most effected was Imaginary Mary, going from an ugly 0.7 to a still-not-great-but-passable 0.9. It's fellow ABC shows remained steady, though the Middle was up from last week's prelims. For NBC, their dreadful 9 PM got a bit less dreadful, with Great News growing to 0.7 in the second half. Great News was steady with last week in its first half. The Voice and Chicago Fire were steady. iZombie on the CW was up, with lead-in the Flash steady. While the 0.4 isn't a great result for iZombie, it's still better than the 0.3s it's been regularly getting. Fox swapped out The Mick for an additional Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode, and the cop comedy was steady with its episode from last week and a tenth lower than The Mick's finale. Prison Break improved a tenth after last week's 0.8. NCIS on CBS was the only show down week-to-week. The 1.4 is steady with last week's preliminary ratings, thought the series later adjusted up. It's a noticeably weaker result than most ratings from NCIS's 14th season, but still stronger than that random 1.3 from a few weeks ago. NCIS's lead-outs Bull and NCIS: NOLA were both steady.

Finals Update: The Voice (+0.1) and the first episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine (+0.1) adjusted up. iZombie (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Voice	1.7/7	8.50	NBC
	NCIS	1.4/6	13.03	CBS
	The Middle	1.2/5	4.95	ABC
	The Flash	1.0/4	2.62	The CW
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	0.7/3	1.78	Fox
8:30 PM	American Housewife Brooklyn Nine-Nine	1.2/5 0.6/2	4.25 1.43	ABC Fox
9 PM	Bull	1.2/5	10.88	CBS
	Fresh Off the Boat	1.0/4	3.44	ABC
	Prison Break	0.9/3	2.41	NBC
	Great News	0.8/3	3.54	Fox
	iZombie	0.3/1	1.05	The CW
9:30 PM	Imaginary Mary	0.9/4	2.91	ABC
	Great News	0.7/3	2.75	NBC
10 PM	Chicago Fire	1.2/5	5.81	NBC
	NCIS: New Orleans	1.0/5	8.88	CBS
	Marvel's Agents of SHIELD	0.7/3	2.15	ABC

TV Ratings Tuesday, May 2: The Mick Down for Season Finale, Great News Very Low in Week Two

Preliminary ratings for Monday, May 2nd 2017:

Time	Show (Network)	A18-49 Rating
8:00	The Middle (ABC)	1.1
	NCIS (CBS)	1.4
	The Flash (CW)	1.0
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)	0.6
	The Voice (NBC)	1.6
8:30	American Housewife (ABC)	1.2
	The Mick (F) (FOX)	0.7
9:00	Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)	1.0
	Bull (CBS)	1.2
	iZombie (CW)	0.3
	Prison Break (FOX)	0.9
	Great News (NBC)	0.8
9:30	Imaginary Mary (ABC)	0.7
	Great News (NBC)	0.6
10:00	Agents of SHIELD (ABC)	0.7
	NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)	1.0
	Chicago Fire (NBC)	1.2

On FOX, The Mick concluded its first season down last week, when it scored a 0.9, with a 0.7. In the half-hour before that, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was down at a 0.6, compared to the 0.7 it got last week. And at 9:00, Prison break was even with last week, with a 0.9.

On NBC, it was week two for Great News, which aired its third and fourth episodes. The episodes scored a 0.8 and 0.6, making it down from last week's 1.2 at 9:00 and 1.0 at 9:30. Its lead-in of The Voice was down. Last week it got a 1.8, this week it scored a 1.6. And at 10:00, Chicago Fire earned a 1.2, down from last week's 1.3.

ABC's comedy block returned this week, after three-quarters of them took the week off last week. The Middle was down from the 1.3 it got two weeks ago with a 1.1. American Housewife scored a 1.2, even with two weeks ago. Fresh Off the Boat was at 1.0, which was even with what it hit for its most recent episode. Imaginary Mary, which did not take the week off last week, earned a 0.7 this week, down from the 0.8 it got last week with a repeat lead-in. Following the comedies, Agents of SHIELD scored a 0.7, down from last week's 0.7.

CBS also returned after a week off last night. NCIS returned up from the low of 1.3 it hit two weeks ago, with a 1.4. Bull, which also hit a low last time, its of 1.1, was also up, with a 1.2. And NCIS: New Orleans scored a 1.0, down from the 1.1 that its most recent episode scored.

Finally, on the CW, The Flash earned a 1.0, even with last week, and iZombie scored a 0.3, even with what it scored last week, as well as most of the season so far, only the premiere excluded.


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