Series finales rarely represent national “events” in today’s television era. They do not prompt tens of millions of fringe and non-fans to unite with the diehards in waving goodbye. They do not dominate the national focus the way series like “M*A*S*H” and “Seinfeld” did when they concluded.<\/p>\n
The two-hour “Glee” finale, which aired Friday sans even a hint of momentum, had no prayer of changing that reality.<\/p>\n
It did not change that reality.<\/p>\n
According to fast national data, Friday’s “Glee” finale drew a modest 0.8 adults 18-49 rating with 2.70 million viewers from 8-9PM and a 0.7 with 2.53 million from 9-10PM.<\/p>\n
The most-watched “Glee” episode of the season, the episode’s viewership total was nonetheless very far from massive. Prior to the midway point of season 5, the notion of a “Glee” episode–let alone the series finale–drawing fewer than 3 million total viewers was unfathomable.<\/p>\n
The performance was even less impressive in the realm of adults 18-49. This week’s finale performance precisely mirrors that of the season six premiere, which drew the same 0.8 fast national rating at 8PM and an equivalent 0.7 rating at 9PM.<\/p>\n
Glee Sixth Season Ratings Trajectory:
\n(Episode Date \u2013 Adults 18-49 rating \u2013 Total Viewership)
\nMarch 20 – (final #s pending)
\nMarch 13 \u2013 0.7, 2.02M
\nMarch 6 \u2013 0.6 \u2013 1.81M
\nFebruary 27 \u2013 0.6 \u2013 1.69M
\nFebruary 20 \u2013 0.6 \u2013 1.86M
\nFebruary 13 \u2013 0.6 \u2013 1.81M
\nFebruary 6 \u2013 0.5 \u2013 1.58M
\nJanuary 30 \u2013 0.7 \u2013 1.85M
\nJanuary 23 \u2013 0.7 \u2013 1.82M
\nJanuary 16 \u2013 0.7 \u2013 1.98M
\nJanuary 9 (average of two episodes) \u2013 0.7 \u2013 2.34M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[1048,437],"tags":[176,255,68],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n