TV ratings for Monday evening are in. Here’s a brief look at the highlights:
- The incredibly divisive series finale for CBS’ long-running sitcom How I Met Your Mother scored a couple of highs, hitting a 5.3 rating in the 18-49 demo and raking in 12.9 million total viewers. Those are both all-time highs for the show, which ran for a total of nine seasons and elicited very, very strong reactions from its final episode.
- Though it faced the behemoth HIMYM finale, The CW’s Star-Crossed saw a gain of 33% with a 0.4 rating and 1.1 million viewers. The Tomorrow People was also up, rising 67% to a 0.5 rating and 1.1 million viewers.
Hit the jump for the rest of the ratings report for Monday, March 31st, including Friends with Better Lives, The Blacklist, and The Following.
NBC
FOX
- Bones rose 7% to a 1.5 rating and scored 5.63 million viewers.
- The Following may have even out, as last night’s episode matched last week’s series low 1.4 rating and brought in 4.23 million viewers.
CBS
- Elsewhere on CBS, the series premiere of the new comedy Friends with Better Lives was so-so if not spectacular, scoring a 2.7 rating in the demo and 7.99 million viewers. It also benefitted from airing directly after the HIMYM finale.
- Mom hit a 2.2 rating and scored 7.24 million viewers, which is up 16% from last week’s 1.9 rating.
- The (series?) finale of Intelligence rose 9% to a 1.2 rating and scored 5.55 million viewers.