Ratings: ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ improves for finale; ‘Reign’ steady; ‘Castle,’ ‘Blindspot’ slip
Everyone wants to see a show go out with a bang for the season, right? That’s a sentiment that we at least believe to be true, which is why we’re happy to report that some of the numbers went up for the “NCIS: Los Angeles” season 7 finale on Monday night.
The good news – The LL Cool J – Chris O’Donnell series managed to tie “Blindspot” for #1 in its timeslot with a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which we imagine is just as much an indictment on the latter show’s decline as it is the former show’s gain given that the Jaimie Alexander series had some really impressive numbers earlier on this season.
The biggest winner of the night was “The Voice” with a 2.1, which is solid but far from the ratings that this show was getting for a few years. For those wondering why we are getting a new coaching panel with Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys for the fall season, it’s more than likely an attempt to spark the ratings in a way that we’re not seeing now.
The bad news – We already mentioned “Blindspot,” and “Castle” had a very minuscule drop of its own yesterday down to a 1.0. It’s something that probably won’t even be a noticeable difference for many people out there.
Also, “Jane the Virgin” dropped down to a 0.3 in the demo following “Reign.” We don’t really consider that show sticking at a 0.3 good news or bad news. It’s good enough to keep the show around, mostly because it hails from CBS TV Studios and The CW likes to have a plurality of such shows on the air.
Michael Goldman
May 3, 2016 @ 10:43 pm
Yes, there is no doubt that the long hiatus(I think it was closer to 3 months off) ruined the momentum and ratings that Blindspot had built up. CBS’s decision to keep LA running and not wait until February(as ABC did with CASTLE) was the right move. I would hate to think what LA’s overall ratings would be if they waited a month, or even two, before starting the series up again.
Leo
May 3, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
NBC can blame itself for the drop in the ratings (Blindspot) of it’s once hot show. Any fool could have told them you take a show off for two months, your audience is gonna find something else to watch
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Jonathan
May 10, 2016 @ 2:24 am
I’m glad that ncis:los angeles is staying on! My only issue is it’s hard to watch all of my shows when they come on. For example I like watching criminals minds but I have to miss Chicago PD? & watch it on demand. I’d rather watch all in HD the night they come on! Just wish they were more spread out during the week! I mean they could put the new criminal minds on a different night! Maybe Saturday or different time another night.