RATINGS RECAP: 5/7/17

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 The Last 100 Days of Diana
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

NBC
7:00 Little Big Shots (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
8:00 Little Big Shots
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Chicago Justice
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Shades of Blue
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

FOX
7:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
7:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 Making History
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:00 The Last Man on Earth
Viewers: 1.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

On Sunday night, FOX had a one hour season finale of The Last Man on Earth, which went out with a whimper in what could have been a series finale. But first at 7:30pm, Bob's Burgers was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. At 8pm, The Simpsons was even while Making History was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. Then the season finale of The Last Man on Earth aired and it was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo to a new series low. I'm still thinking this is going to get renewed but it's a bad note to go out on. On CBS, 60 Minutes was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. NCIS: Los Angeles was even while Madam Secretary was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo and Elementary was down six tenths in viewers and up a tenth in the demo.

On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos was down half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo while the musical episode of Once Upon a Time was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. It sounds like this one is coming back even though star Jennifer Morrison has confirmed her exit. The special The Last 100 Days of Diana was an improvement from 9-11pm, but skewed old and still only got a 0.9 demo. Finally, after last week's spike, NBC's Little Big Shots took a tumble, dropping nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo to a series low. At 9pm, Chicago Justice was down eight tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while Shades of Blue ended the night down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Bob's Burgers (FOX)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Last Man on Earth (FOX)

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