{"id":128717,"date":"2019-05-17T11:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=128717"},"modified":"2019-05-18T11:11:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T15:11:43","slug":"ratings-the-big-bang-theory-finale-draws-most-viewers-since-season-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2019\/05\/17\/ratings-the-big-bang-theory-finale-draws-most-viewers-since-season-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings: &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; Finale Draws Most Viewers Since Season 8 (Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update:<\/b> The series finale of CBS&#8217; &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; received an upward adjustment in the final ratings report.<\/p>\n<p>According to live+same-day data posted by Showbuzz, the broadcast actually drew a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 18.52 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The viewership figure ranks as the show&#8217;s best mark since the November 6, 2014 installment drew 18.56 million viewers.  That broadcast was part of the show&#8217;s eighth season.<\/p>\n<p>The demo rating meanwhile represents the show&#8217;s best since the fall of 2017.<br \/>\n====<\/p>\n<p>The finale of CBS&#8217; &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; drew predictably strong ratings Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>It fared particularly well from an overall viewership standpoint, drawing the show&#8217;s best number since the season nine premiere in September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Based on preliminary data, it posted the best adults 18-49 rating since January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, Thursday&#8217;s hourlong &#8220;Big Bang&#8221; drew a 3.1 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 17.99 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n<p>As noted, the demo number is the best in over a year.  The viewership figure is the best in nearly four.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are particularly dominant in comparison to the show&#8217;s recent standard.  No twelfth season episode had even reached 14 million in overall viewership.  The previous season high in the demo was the 2.6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final &#8220;Big Bang Theory&#8221; was the most-watched installment since 2014.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[275,150],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ratings: &quot;The Big Bang Theory&quot; Finale Draws Most Viewers Since Season 8 (Update)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: The series finale of CBS&#039; &quot;The Big Bang Theory&quot; received an upward adjustment in the final ratings report. 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