Ratings: ‘The Rookie’ Leads Sunday’s Night of 4 Season Finales

Fox’s “The Great North” and “Family Guy” and NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” also ended their seasons

THE ROOKIE – “Threshold” – Officer Nolan mildly injures himself while chasing down a shoplifter and the local DA wants to charge the suspect with assault despite Nolan’s wishes. Meanwhile, Lucy goes undercover, Lopez’ wedding venue is seized by the FBI and Nolan meets his new neighbor on the season finale of “The Rookie,” SUNDAY, MAY 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/Erica Parise) NATHAN FILLION

Sunday night boasted four season finales on broadcast’s primetime: “The Great North,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” “Family Guy” and “The Rookie.” See how those performed in Nielsen’s TV ratings below.

Fox’s “The Great North” got a 0.3 rating/2 share among adults 18-49, and 773,000 total viewers. “Family Guy” had a 0.4/2 and 1.1 million total viewers. “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” received a 0.2/2 and 1.2 million total viewers. “The Rookie” drew a 0.5/3 and 3.7 million total viewers.

Here’s something worth pointing out high up in a primetime ratings story: Telemundo finished in third place last night thanks to its “Miss Universe 2021” pageant.

CBS and ABC tied for first in ratings, both with a 0.6 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. CBS was first in total viewers with an average of 6.3 million, according to preliminary numbers. ABC was second with 4.7 million total viewers.

For CBS, “60 Minutes” at 7 p.m. drew a 0.5/4 and 7.6 million total viewers. “The Equalizer” at 8 put up a 0.6/4 and 7 million total viewers. At 9, “NCIS: Los Angeles” had a 0.6/4 and 5.7 million total viewers. “NCIS: New Orleans” at 10 got a 0.5/3 and 4.9 million total viewers.

For ABC, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at 7 had a 0.6/5 and 4.4 million total viewers. From 8 to 10, “American Idol” averaged a 0.7/4 and 5.3 million total viewers. “The Rookie” finished off primetime at 10 o’clock.

Telemundo was third in ratings with a 0.5/3 and in viewers with 1.8 million. 

NBC and Fox tied for fourth in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. NBC was fourth in total viewers with 1.4 million, Fox was fifth with 824,000.

For NBC, following a rerun, “Ellen’s Game of Games” got a 0.3/2 and 1.7 million total viewers. The “Zoey’s” finale aired at 9. At 10, “Good Girls” had a 0.3/2 and 1.4 million total viewers.

For Fox, following a rerun, “Bless the Harts” at 7:30 got a 0.2/1 and 520,000 total viewers. “The Simpsons” at 8 had a 0.4/3 and 1 million total viewers. The “Great North” finale followed. At 9, “Bob’s Burgers” received a 0.4/3 and 1 million total viewers. The “Family Guy” season finale closed out primetime.

Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.2/2 and in total viewers with 698,000.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in total viewers with 467,000.

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