Friday TV Ratings, 5/18/18: ’Once Upon a Time’ Steady For Final Episode, ’Blindspot’ Rises, ’Hawaii Five-0’ Down (UPDATED)

Here are the final broadcast ratings for Friday, May 18, 2018. 

Photo: ABC

Finals Update: 'Harry and Meghan: A Love Story' (0.2, -0.1), 'Life Sentence' (0.1, -0.1), the 'Blindspot' finale (0.5, -0.1), and '20/20' (0.4, -0.1) all adjusted down. 

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers    (In Millions)	Demo Change
8:00pm	MasterChef Junior (F) (FOX)	0.8	3.32	+0.1
	Celebrity Undercover Boss (CBS)	0.6	4.60	0.0
	Blindspot (F) (NBC)	0.5	2.98	0.0
	Once Upon a Time (ABC)	0.5	2.27	0.0
	Harry and Meghan: A Love Story (CW)	0.2	1.24
9:00pm	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.8	4.65	+0.1
	Hawaii Five-0 (F) (CBS)	0.7	6.62	-0.1
	Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (F) (ABC)	0.5	1.88	0.0
	Life Sentence (CW)	0.1	0.45	0.0
10:00pm	Blue Bloods (R) (CBS)	0.5	5.67
	20/20 (ABC)	0.4	2.66	-0.1

(F) = finale

(R) = repeat

On a night chockful of season finales, there was one series finale in the midst. ABC said goodbye to 'Once Upon a Time' (0.5) after seven seasons. Once a powerhouse, the series managed to lose to every non-CW show in its timeslot. At the very least, it was steady with last week and didn't fall any further. At 9, the season finale of 'Agents of SHIELD' (0.5) matched its last result. The alphabet network capped off the night with a stable '20/20' (0.5).

CBS's 'Celebrity Undercover Boss' (0.6) tied last week's rating. It led into the finale of 'Hawaii Five-0' (0.7). The latter inched down from its previous outing. An encore of 'Blue Bloods' (0.5) closed out the night. 

Recently-renewed 'Blindspot' (0.6) rose a tenth for its season finale. The upward trend continued throughout NBC's night as 'Dateline' (0.8) similarily ticked up on the peacock network. 

Fox housed the two-hour season finale of 'MasterChef Junior' (0.8). It rose from its last episode and tied 'Dateline' for the top program of the night. 

In anticipation of the wedding, The CW aired a Prince Harry and Meghan Markle special (0.3). It performed significantly better than an average installment of 'Dynasty'. After flirting with some painfully low numbers, 'Life Sentence' (0.2) managed to rise a tenth. 

Friday TV Ratings, 5/11/18: ’Meghan Markle’ Decent, ’Blue Bloods’ & ’Agents of SHIELD’ Rise (UPDATED)

 

Here are the final broadcast ratings for Friday, May 11, 2018. 

Credit: ABC

Finals Update: The season finale of 'Blue Bloods' (0.9, +0.1) adjusted up. 

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers  (In Millions)	Demo Change
8:00pm	Celebrity Undercover Boss (P) (CBS)	0.6	5.03
	Meghan Markle: An American Princess (FOX)	0.6	3.68
	Blindspot (NBC)	0.5	2.76	0.0
	Once Upon a Time (ABC)	0.5	2.26	+0.1
	Dynasty (CW)	0.1	0.56	0.0
9:00pm	Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)	0.8	7.09	+0.1
	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.7	4.21	0.0
	Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (ABC)	0.5	1.94	+0.1
	Life Sentence (CW)	0.1	0.37	0.0
10:00pm	Blue Bloods (F) (CBS)	0.9	8.88	+0.2
	20/20 (ABC)	0.5	2.49	+0.1

(R) = repeat
 (P) = premiere
 (F) = finale 

Friday TV Ratings, 5/4/18: ’MacGyver’ Down on Finale Night, ’Hawaii 5-0’ Hits Series Low (UPDATED)

Here are the final broadcast ratings for Friday, May 4, 2018. 

Finals Update: 'Dynasty' (0.1, -0.1) and 'Life Sentence' (0.1, -0.1) both adjusted down. 

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers   (In Millions)	Demo Change
8:00pm	MasterChef Junior (FOX)	0.7	2.83	-0.1
	MacGyver (CBS)	0.6	6.10	-0.1
	Blindspot (NBC)	0.5	2.75	0.0
	Once Upon a Time (ABC)	0.4	1.98	-0.1
	Dynasty (CW)	0.1	0.55	-0.1
9:00pm	Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)	0.7	7.04	-0.2
	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.7	4.22	0.0
	Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (ABC)	0.4	1.65	0.0
	Life Sentence (CW)	0.1	0.37	0.0
10:00pm	Blue Bloods (CBS)	0.7	7.78	-0.1
	20/20 (ABC)	0.4	2.11	0.0

 Written Clamoring for Friday Sitcoms Again by Bridger Cunningham.

Does anyone recall a period when Friday nights were a hotbed for sitcom laughs?  Apparently, the networks believe dealing out fractional ratings will suffice for depriving viewers.  All of the network show were playing "Go Fish" for higher ratings, all containing numbers between 2-7.  FOX led the evening as they recognized small creatures work fast as Master Chef Junior pulled in another 0.7.  CBS narrowly scraped that average with 0.67 as MacGyver went out low at 0.6.  NBC took third with 0.63 as Blindspot and Dateline delivered another consistent outing.

Does anyone recall the golden era when ABC ruled Friday nights?  No, not the TGIF glory days of 1988-97, but rather 2012-17.  This week, the network sits in 4th Place, again, with a 0.40 average as Once Upon a Time and 20/20 dropped to that embarrassing number.  And as for CW?  A week of windfalls as preliminary numbers average 0.2 ratings for Dynasty and Life Sentence.  At the least, CW is giving us a laugh with sitcom/soap Dynasty delivering laughs.  On a serious note, congratulations to the cast and crew of Dynasty for hanging in there and earning a renewal.  Bring viewers more laughs, and the ratings will rise.