Ratings rat race: ‘scandal’ & ‘grey’s anatomy’ end seasons up

Ratings rat race: ‘scandal’ & ‘grey’s anatomy’ end seasons up


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The season finales of_ Scandal_ and _Grey’s Anatomy_ brought ABC good numbers last night. The Season 8 finale of _Grey’s Anatomy_ (3.9/11) at 9 PM saw the show up 11% from last week, drawing


 11.9 million total viewers. Wrapping up its first season, political drama_ Scandal_ (2.4/7) was up 26% from last week’s season low in its 10 PM slot. The 8 PM finale of the now-cancelled


_Missing_ (1.3/4) saw an 18% jump from last week’s series low. On _American Idol_ (4.2/14), the contestants were down to a final two and the show was up 8% over last week, making it the


night’s top show in the adults 18-49 demo and among total viewers (15.8 million) — its highest viewer total since March 29. After _Idol_, _Touch _(1.8/5) was down 5% from last week. Fox won


the night in the demo. CBS edged Fox 11.27 million-11.09 million in total viewers. CBS’ _The Big Bang Theory_ (2.4/8) at 8 PM was a repeat followed at 8:30 by the season finale of _Rules Of


Engagement_ (2.1/7), which was down 22% from last week. NBC went all out with _Community,_ scheduling three separate episodes: The 8 PM _ _(1.3/5) was down 7%, as was the 9 PM _Community_


(1.3/4) and the season-finale 9:30 PM _Community _(1.3/4) with 2.5 million viewers overall for the last of the trio. Weaved in there, at 8:30, the season finale of _30 Rock_ (1.3/4) was down


13%. Coming up the end of NBC’s comedy night at 10 PM, _Awake _(0.7/2) ended 22% down from last week and tied for a series low. On the CW, _Perez Hilton All Access: Katy Perry_ (0.3/1) at 8


PM was followed by a _Vampire Diaries_ (0.2/1) repeat. At 9 PM, CBS’s _Person of Interest_ (2.5/7) finale was down 4% from last week. With 13 million viewers, _The Mentalist_ (2.5/7)


however, saw it’s fourth-season finale up 4% … but Patrick Jane probably already knew that.