Wednesday was not a great night for season finales of broadcast competition series. NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” which was the top show in primetime, sunk 29% in ratings vs. last summer’s finale. Fox’s “MasterChef” dropped 27% among adults 18-49.
Neither of those were actually the largest decline of the evening, however. CBS’ “Big Brother” — not the season’s finale — fell 33% from the same night last year.
NBC was first in ratings with a 1.1 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 7.6 million, according to preliminary numbers. The two-hour “AGT” season finale from 8-10 p.m. posted a 1.5 /8 and 10.1 million viewers. A primetime special promoting Lilly Singh’s new (very) late-night talk show at 10 received a 0.5/3 and 2.5 million viewers.
Fox was second in ratings with a 0.8/4 and third in viewers with 3.1 million. Summer 2019’s penultimate “MasterChef” episode at 8 had a 0.7/4 and 3 million viewers. The actual finale at 9 got a 0.8/4 and 3.2 million viewers.
CBS was third in ratings with a 0.6/3 and second in viewers with 3.2 million. “Big Brother” at 8 received a 1.0/6 and 4.3 million viewers. Reruns followed.
Univision was fourth in ratings with a 0.5/2 and fifth in viewers with 1.3 million.
ABC and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.4/2. ABC was fourth in total viewers with 2.1 million, Telemundo was sixth with 1.2 million.
ABC aired all repeats last night.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in viewers with 538,000. Following a rerun, “Hypnotize Me” at 9 had a 0.1/1 and 434,000 viewers.
12 Lowest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of Summer 2019 (Photos)
When the sun rises on Monday, Summer 2019 will officially be over. The hottest season of the year was one to forget for series like "Reef Break" and "First Responders Live" -- but neither of them were the lowest-rated show of the summer. TheWrap ranked the Big 4 broadcast networks' Bottom 12 summer series by their average 18-49 ratings, according to the "most current" data from Nielsen. Scroll through the gallery to see how they stacked up.
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When the sun rises on Monday, Summer 2019 will officially be over. The hottest season of the year was one to forget for series like "Reef Break" and "First Responders Live" -- but neither of them were the lowest-rated show of the summer. TheWrap ranked the Big 4 broadcast networks' Bottom 12 summer series by their average 18-49 ratings, according to the "most current" data from Nielsen. Scroll through the gallery to see how they stacked up.