Ratings: Magnum P.I.’s Final Two Episodes Post the Biggest Audiences of Season 5B
The first half of NBC’s double-episode Magnum P.I. sendoff on Wednesday night drew 3.79 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating, surging 31% and 33% from its last fresh episode to mark and match Season 5B highs.
The actual series finale, airing at 10/9c, retained 3.4 million total viewers (the second-largest audience of 5B) while dipping in the demo to match the series-low rating of 0.2.
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A Chicago Med rerun (2.73 mil/0.24) led off NBC’s night with numbers on par with Quantum Leap‘s Season 2 averages in the time slot.
TVLIne readers gave the unplanned Magnum P.I. series finale an average grade of “B+”; get Jay Hernandez’s candid take on how the series ended, read our post mortem Q&A with the showrunner, and watch Perdita Weeks share the scene she wishes she could have filmed.
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Elsewhere on Wednesday:
CBS | The Price Is Right at Night (4.6 mil/0.4) hit a season high in audience and led Wednesday both in total viewers and in the demo. Raid the Cage (2.6 mil/0.3) hit a season high on its new night. FBI TRUE (1.5 mil/0.2) was up 28% in audience.
FOX | I Can See Your Voice (2.04 mil/0.3) opened Season 3 down just a tick from its previous averages (2.1 mil/0.4). Anthony Anderson’s We Are Family in turn debuted to 2.4 mil and a 0.3.
ABC | NBA game coverage averaged 1.5 mil and a 0.3.
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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Steve Harvey is not a judge or lawyer and merely offers an alternative forum of dispute resolution.
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