No emergency here: Fox’s “9-1-1” finished up just fine, drawing a 1.0 “live” rating among adults 18-49 and 6 million total viewers. Pairing its top drama with the season finale for spinoff “9-1-1: Lone Star,” Fox finished first on another Monday.
Readers can find TheWrap’s interviews with “9-1-1” and “9-1-1: Lone Star” showrunner Tim Minear and “9-1-1” star Oliver Stark and “Lone Star” lead Rob Lowe here and here.
Meanwhile, The CW’s “Black Lightning,” CBS’ “All Rise” and NBC’s “Debris” all had much less impressive finale ratings during Monday’s primetime block. And those first two were not just season finales, but series finales. (We’re not yet sure if “Debris” will be renewed for Season 2, so it could also turn out to be a series closer.)
Fox was first in ratings with a 0.9 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 5.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8 p.m., “9-1-1” scored that aforementioned 1.0 and 6 million viewers, plus a 7 share. “Lone Star” at 9 earned a 0.8/5 and 5 million viewers.
NBC and ABC tied for second in ratings, both with a 0.5. NBC had a 4 share, ABC got a 3. NBC was second in total viewers with 5 million, ABC was fourth with 2.8 million.
For NBC, “The Voice” from 8-10 put up a 0.7/5 and 6.3 million viewers. At 10, the “Debris” Season 1 finale managed a 0.3/2 and 1.2 million viewers.
For ABC, following an airing of Disney’s 2010 movie “Tangled,” “The Good Doctor” at 10 received a 0.6/4 and 3.9 million viewers.
Univision was fourth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.3 million.
CBS and Telemundo tied for sixth in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. CBS was third in total viewers with 3.2 million, Telemundo was sixth with 1.1 million.
For CBS, following back-to-back sitcom reruns, the recently canceled legal drama “All Rise” aired its series finale at 9 p.m., which settled for a 0.4/2 and 3.2 million viewers. An encore of “Bull” followed.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in total viewers with 609,000. “All American” at 8 got a 0.2/2 and 715,000 viewers. At 9, the series finale of “Black Lightning” took a 0.2/1 and 504,000 viewers.