or


[04/06/15 - 02:44 PM]
Live + 7 Ratings: "Empire" Finale Surpasses 23 Million Viewers, Posts TV's Highest Rated Freshman Finale in Nearly 10 Years
FOX further spins the numbers for Wednesday, March 18.
[via press release from FOX]

LIVE+7 RATINGS: "EMPIRE" FINALE SURPASSES 23 MILLION VIEWERS, POSTS TV'S HIGHEST RATED FRESHMAN FINALE IN NEARLY 10 YEARS

After 7 days of time-shifted viewing, the EMPIRE finale episode (9pm on 3/18/15) delivered 23.1 million viewers and drew a 9.3/28 rating among Adults 18-49. This marks TV's highest rated freshman season finale in nearly 10 years (since Grey's Anatomy's first season finale on 5/22/05 --- 9.8/24 rating).

The EMPIRE finale episode continued to show strength with African-American viewers, posting a 43.4/94 rating with African-American Adults 18-49 -- a +30% higher rating in that demo than this year's Super Bowl (33.3/70) in the Live +7s. And while the EMPIRE finale dominated in Women demos, it delivered a huge male audience as well - 8.5 million Men 18-49 watched the finale within 7 days.

In addition, the season finale of EMPIRE posted a +66% gain versus its premiere in Adults 18-49 Live + 7 Day (9.3/28 vs. 5.6/16) -- the most substantial growth of any new broadcast series in over nine years (since House in the 04/05 season). And according to Nielsen Social Guide, EMPIRE's two finale hours generated 122 million earned impressions on Twitter (the # of times EMPIRE-related tweets appeared in Twitter feeds) within the 7 day window.

Season-to-date with regular originals, EMPIRE averaged a 7.1/21 rating, and ended its first season as the:

· #1 broadcast series in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34

· #1 show overall among African American Adults 18-49

· #1 new series among Hispanic (English-household) Adults 18-49

· #1 broadcast series among Women 18-49

· #1 new series among Men 18-49

· #1 series on Social Media (with an average 627,369 tweets per live/new episode)

· Highest rated broadcast drama since the 2007/08 season (Desperate Housewives 7.3/17 and Grey's Anatomy 8.4/20)

· Highest rated freshman series since 2004/05 (Grey's Anatomy 8.1/20 and Desperate Housewives 10.6/24)

In addition, EMPIRE continues to draw significant multi-platform viewing this season. Averaging a multiplatform audience of more than 21.0 Mil over its first seven weeks , EMPIRE delivers FOX's largest 30 Day Multi-Platform average audience ever.





  [april 2015]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
   


· DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
· EMPIRE (FOX)
· GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[09/30/26 - 04:44 PM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Sails to 7 Million Total Viewers on "Yacht Rock Night"
At 10 p.m., "R.J. Decker" hit a season high in early Live+Same Day Panel Only numbers with 3.20 million Total Viewers.
[09/30/26 - 03:27 PM]
Eagles-Bears on "Monday Night Football" Records 22.6 Million Viewers
Said audience marks the second largest Week 3 crowd in the ESPN era (since 2006).
[09/30/26 - 01:00 PM]
Historic "Big Brother" Season Hits 14.8 Billion Minutes Viewed, Up +9% from Last Year
The summer staple also saw year-over-year audience growth, averaging 5.1 million viewers in seven-day multiplatform viewing, up +8% from last summer, while ranking as the summer's most social program across all television programs (excluding sports).
[09/30/26 - 12:50 PM]
ABC's Tuesday Night Kicks Off Strong as "Dancing with the Stars" and Sophomore Drama "R.J. Decker" Each Score 10 Million Total Audience
Sophomore drama "R.J. Decker" earned a total cross-platform audience of 9.61 million, based on viewing over seven days across Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and linear encores.
[09/30/26 - 11:01 AM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of September 21
"Neagley," "Reacher," "Sterling Point," "Off Campus," and "El Juicio" led all original series worldwide.
[09/29/26 - 03:28 PM]
FOX Sports Hits Home Run with Best MLB on FOX Regular Season Since '21 - No. 1 Among All Networks
Regular season coverage on FOX averaged 2.35 million viewers, up +15% vs. '25.
[09/29/26 - 03:12 PM]
FOX NFL Delivers Most-Watched Early Window of the Day on Any Network in Week 3
17,898,000 viewers tuned-in to FOX's 1:00 PM ET window.
[09/29/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of September 21 - "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" Takes the No. 1 Spot for a Second Week
"Unabomber" premiered in the top spot on the English film list, gathering 16.4 million views.

[09/29/26 - 12:00 PM]
USA Sports Delivers Viewership Records and Milestones in Inaugural Season of WNBA Coverage Ahead of WNBA Finals on USA Network This October
USA Sports averaged 525,000 viewers across its 48 regular-season games - the most national games of any broadcaster - up 25% vs. 2025 WNBA cable average viewership.
[09/29/26 - 09:50 AM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Finishes 2025-2026 Season with Largest Overall Audience in Eight Years and Strongest Adults 18-49 in Four Years
In the final week of the 2025-2026 season, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ranked No. 1 in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.
[09/28/26 - 02:45 PM]
The "VMAs" Scores 8.4 Million Viewers, Up +51% from Last Year, and Hits 11-Year Viewership High
The telecast peaked with over 15 million viewers across CBS and MTV in the opening act, which featured Madonna's first "VMAs" performance in 23 years, including a show-opening medley with Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX.

[09/25/26 - 10:51 AM]
Cartman, Kenny, Stan, Kyle and "South America's" Season 29 Premiere Delivers 4.2 Million Multiplatform U.S. Viewers Across Comedy Central and Paramount+
The season premiere on Comedy Central outperformed last season's premiere by double digits on persons 18-49 rating and share and was the #1 non-sports cable telecast for the week with persons 18-49.

[09/25/26 - 10:35 AM]
ESPN Delivered Its Most-Watched WNBA Regular Season Ever!
Across 29 games, the WNBA on ESPN networks averaged 1.37M viewers, up 17% year-over-year and ranking as ESPN networks' most-viewed WNBA regular season on record.

[09/24/26 - 12:25 PM]
ABC News Wins Across the Board in Late Night and Friday Night
"20/20" ranks as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, drawing its largest audience in two months and growing year to year in all key measures.
[09/23/26 - 02:56 PM]
Giants-Rams Becomes ESPN's Most-Watched Week 2 "Monday Night Football" Game Ever with 19.4 Million Viewers
Through the first two weeks, "Monday Night Football" is averaging 21.4 million viewers, up 29% compared to the first two weeks of the 2025 season.