Ratings: American Idol Rises With Finale, Opposite Final Game of Thrones
ABC’s American Idol wrapped Season 17 on Sunday night with 7.7 million total viewers and a 1.3 demo rating, ticking up in the demo week-to-week and down only a tick in audience despite its second hour going up against HBO’s well-watched Game of Thrones series finale.
Here are the hourly numbers, which are likely to adjust up in the finals:
7.85 mil/1.3 > 7.65 mil/1.3 > 7.63 mil/1.4
But as of right now, Idol is shy of its year-ago coronation ceremony (8.6 mil/1.6 in fast nationals), which led out of Dancing With the Stars on a Monday opposite The Voice.
Opening ABC’s night, because someone will ask: AFV (5.6 mil/0.7) was down in the demo.
Elsewhere:
CBS | The Red Line (3.4 mil/0.3) was steady with its final double pump, while NCIS: Los Angeles‘ season-ending JAG reunion (5.1 mil/0.5, TVLine reader grade “B-“) dipped to match its demo low.
THE CW | Supergirl (1.05 mil/0.3, TVLine reader grade “B+”) and Charmed (600K/0.2, reader grade “B”) were steady with their season finales.
NBC | Leading out of Dateline, Good Girls (2.5 mil/0.5) drew its best audience since March 10 while also ticking up a tenth in the demo.
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Congrats Laine!!! Not surprised about the ratings.
That dip for NCIS: LA does not bode well for abn eventual JAG re-spinoff.
Could also be because it aired an hour later than it’s usual time (as it has the past few weeks for Thin Red Line). It’s audience probably has more crossover with GoT than Idols, so it may pickup more +7 ratings.
I really thought SG would rise in its final numbers. The episodes leading up to it were jammed pack, in a good way, and quite fun.
Unless Legends surprises me, and it could, I think this was the best Arrowverse finale overall.
Congrats to Laine. When Madison got cut, I knew he had a chance against Alejandro, who the judges obviously wanted to win. But I think Laine will be a better fit for the Idol machine.