RATINGS RECAP: 5/25/16

ABC
8:00 Movie: Finding Nemo
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Nashville
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

CBS
8:00 The Price is Right Primetime Special
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

NBC
8:00 Heartbeat
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Chicago PD
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

FOX
8:00 Rosewood
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Wayward Pines
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

On Wednesday night, ABC said goodbye to Nashville after four seasons. It didn't get much attention but did rise half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. The studio is shopping the show elsewhere but it's definitely the end of the road on ABC for the music drama. Earlier in the night, a showing of Finding Nemo before its sequel hits theaters in June outperformed everything except the NBC crime dramas. On CBS, the final Price is Right special did decently. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these down the road. The final two episodes of the season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders saw series lows. On NBC, the series finale of cancelled Heartbeat was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo. Season finales of the crime dramas followed. Law & Order: SVU had a nice spike, rising 1.4 million viewers and three tenths in the demo for its best performance since March 2. Chicago PD was even with last week. Without Empire as a lead out, the season finale of Rosewood crashed 1.3 million viewers and six tenths in the demo to a series low. This is probably a preview of what its Thursday ratings will be in the fall. At 9pm, the return of Wayward Pines did not get much attention but it did build on its lead-in.