RATINGS RECAP: 5/10/16

ABC
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:30 The Real O'Neals
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 BattleBots: The Gears Awaken
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 16.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans
Viewers: 13.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
10:00 Person of Interest
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Chicago Med
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

FOX
8:00 New Girl
Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:30 Grandfathered
Viewers: 1.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:30 The Grinder
Viewers: 1.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

On Tuesday night, FOX had season finales that should really be series finales for two of the shows. New Girl was up a tenth in the demo at both 8pm and its 9pm wedding episode. In the half-hour slots, Grandfathered was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while The Grinder was up a tenth in viewers and the demo. If one needed to pull ahead of the other as renewal decisions near, this didn't help because they ended up exactly even. On NBC, The Voice was up a bit from last week's poor showing. It rose half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 9pm, Chicago Med was up four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while Chicago Fire was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. Both Chicago shows were exactly even in the ratings.

On ABC, Fresh Off the Boat had a very rough night as it dropped four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a series low. ABC needs to give this show some help next year. In its last ratings result before upfronts, bubble show The Real O'Neals managed to hold its lead-in, even though said lead-in was pretty diminished. It was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. I lean towards thinking this will get renewed. At 9pm, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was even with last week while a BattleBots special got Beyond the Tank-esque ratings at 10pm. Finally on CBS, NCIS was back on the upswing, rising 1.1 million viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 9pm, NCIS: New Orleans was up six tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo. Person of Interest closed out the night down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: NCIS (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)