‘scorpion’ ratings down from 2015 finale, ‘dwts’ rises, ‘reign’ struggles

‘scorpion’ ratings down from 2015 finale, ‘dwts’ rises, ‘reign’ struggles


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As is common this time of year, there were season enders and some returns last night on the Big 4. That was a mixed blessing for CBS’ _Scorpion_ (1.6/5). The Season 2 finale of the genius


misfits drama was up a tenth over last week but took a real sting with a 27% drop among adults 18-49 from its Season 1 ender of April 20 last year. Part of the weaker demo for the 9 PM


_Scorpion_ had to come from the fact it had a_ The Big Bang Theory_ (1.2/4) repeat as an immediate lead-in and a declining return for _Mike & Molly_ (1.3/4) at 8 PM. The exiting comedy


dropped 19% in the demo from its last original of February 10, a Wednesday. Otherwise the House of Moonves’ night ended on an even stance with _NCIS: Los Angeles_ (1.2/4) matching last


week’s result. WATCH ON DEADLINE Overall, NBC won Monday night in the 18-49 demo with a 1.8/6 rating and thanks to a steady _The Voice_ (2.1/7) and _Blindspot_ (1.4/5). The top show of the


night in the demo, _Voice_ was down a tenth from last week while the Jaimie Alexander-starring procedural was up a tenth. For the fourth Monday in a row, ABC was tops in total viewership


with 9.89 million watching last night. With its Portland affiliate carrying the NBA Playoffs game last night, NBC might see a small adjustment later but likely nothing to write home about.


The Disney-owned net saw _Dancing With The Stars_ (1.8/6) get a 13% leg-up in the demo from last week’s season low and emerged, again, as the most watched show of Monday night with 11.7


million tuning in. _Castle_ (1.1/4), which has caught a lot of people’s attention lately, was also up – 10% in the demo over its April 18 show. Fox’s only original of last night was the


Season 1 finale of_ Lucifer_. Renewed for another devilish run, the WBTV series was dead even with last week – even though it had a _Gotham_ (0.6/2) encore as a lead-in this week. The CW had


the return of _Reign_ (0.3/1) filling the slot previously occupied by _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_, which wrapped its first season last week. While even with_ Crazy Ex’_s result of April 18,


_Reign_ was down 25% from its last original of January 22, a Friday. Not that it hurt or helped _Jane The Virgin_ (0.4/1), which was the same as its April 18 show.