RATINGS RECAP: 5/24/16

ABC
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
8:30 The Real O'Neals
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

CBS
8:00 The Price is Right Primetime Special
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Person of Interest
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 Person of Interest
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

NBC
8:00 The Voice Recap Special
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 The Voice
Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2

FOX
8:00 Hotel Hell
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Coupled
Viewers: 1.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5

On Tuesday night, it was finale night for the two big competition franchises but they once again seemed to tear each other down resulting in disappointments for both. On ABC, Dancing with the Stars had a decent 10.5 million viewers but a very old skewing and disappointing 1.6 demo. It had a 2.4 demo for its fall finale (though that did not face the finale of The Voice). Earlier in the night, Fresh Off the Boat was up seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo and The Real O'Neals was up nine tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for its best performance since its first Tuesday airing on March 8. It was a little better for The Voice, which was at least up from its Monday episode with a 2.2 demo and 10.6 million viewers. Will one of these networks blink first and not pit the finales against each other? On CBS, two episodes of Person of Interest got 0.9 demos following another old skewing Price is Right special. Finally on FOX, Hotel Hell was mostly ignored for its first airing since the summer of 2014 while Coupled was down six tenths in viewers and even in the demo from its weak premiere last week.