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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.8/14 | 2.4/7 | 2.2/6 | 1.5/4 | 1.2/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 4.5/14 | 1.6/5 | 2.4/8 | 0.9/3 | 1.4/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.442 | 7.362 | 4.696 | 9.070 | 3.140 |
The Lost series finale easily helped ABC to the easy win Sunday, but the 5.8 adults 18-49 rating was not far above the 5.5 rating of this season's premiere and scarcely what many fans were expecting.
The overall Lost finale numbers for 9-11:30pm were a 5.8 adults 18-49 rating and 13.5 million average viewers. (Update: the 11-11:30 half hour just added to the table below) Those were the best numbers for a Lost finale since 2007. The Lost - Final Journey clip show averaged a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating from 7-9pm.
While lacking the Internet buzz of the Lost finale, the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice was up 48% vs. last week, scoring a 3.4 adults 18-49 rating, that's also up 10% vs. last season's finale, and the best ratings of the three Celebrity Apprentice finales to air on a Sunday. Earlier in the night, Dateline NBC scored a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating, and Minute To Win It had a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating.
The season finale of The Simpsons may have suffered vs. the Lost clip show as it fell 14% vs. last week to a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating. The Cleveland Show finale didn't fare any better, down 15% vs. last week to a 2.3 rating. Against both the Lost and Celebrity Apprentice finales, the one hour Family Guy finale tumbled too, down 18% vs. last week to a 3.1 rating. At 7pm, 'Til Death had but a 0.8 rating.
On CBS, the Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo special averaged a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 3.8 | 13 | 9.393 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.0 | 3 | 8.829 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.0 | 4 | 4.992 | |
| FOX | Til Death | 0.8 | 3 | 2.166 | |
| 7:30 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 3.6 | 12 | 8.904 |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.2 | 4 | 5.377 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 2.850 | |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.1 | 4 | 9.888 | |
| 8:00 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 4.1 | 12 | 10.094 |
| FOX | The Simpsons (finale) | 2.5 | 8 | 5.739 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.5 | 4 | 5.010 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 1.4 | 4 | 8.798 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 4.6 | 13 | 10.994 |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show (finale) | 2.3 | 7 | 4.908 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.9 | 5 | 6.268 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 1.7 | 5 | 9.733 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.6 | 15 | 13.094 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.0 | 8 | 8.403 | |
| FOX | Family Guy (finale) | 3.0 | 8 | 6.125 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 2.0 | 5 | 10.802 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.6 | 14 | 12.910 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.2 | 8 | 8.778 | |
| FOX | Family Guy (finale) | 3.2 | 8 | 6.385 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 2.1 | 5 | 10.999 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.6 | 14 | 13.063 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.6 | 9 | 9.757 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 3 | 6.749 | |
| 10:30 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.7 | 15 | 13.087 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.7 | 10 | 10.312 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 3 | 6.759 | |
| 11:00 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 6.4 | 19 | 15.31 |
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Hilarious.
I predicted 5.69. Close. We'll see the finals soon enough…
“While lacking the Internet buzz of the Lost finale” –Actually, The Apprentice had a lot of buzz due to news of Bret Michaels' appearance on the finale
WEIRD, the ratings went down at 9:30. I'm really curious as to how the show did at 11 because it was seriously dragging and the last 20 minutes were beyond awful.
I like to thank Lost for saving the scripted shows, very well done.
not that high, wasn't grey's finale higher, haha advertisers paying so much for a spot that we all skipped thru
The last half hour must have gone up significantly for the average to be 5.8, unless we are dealing with some rounding errors. By my calculations, it had to be at least 6.3.
Berman has the last half hour of Lost.
11:00 p.m. – Viewers: 15.31 million (#1), A18-49: 6.4/19 (#1)
Little down but Not that bad for The Simpsons, I was expecting 15-17 million for Lost.
Greys finale had more viewers but averaged a 5.4 demo.
The comments in the predict the Lost finale ratings story are even funnier now.
That piece of crap finale deserves this failure. I wish I was not one of the 13 million suckers.
It fell right within the range I expected. I really don't understand why many thought Lost would garnish 20 million viewers and demos around 6-7. Made no sense since nothing this past season came close to that.
Well, at least it was consistent
I don't know why people were expecting a HUGE audience jump for the finale. This is a show where jumping back in just to “see how it ends” would have been completely asinine. Apparently the general populous understood that Lost isn't like Grey's Anatomy where you can skip the whole season but tune into the finale and “get it.”
Those who DID tune in last night were rewarded with an emotionally engaging and satisfying finale that gave the characters (who were always the heart of the show) closure.
Honestly don't laugh at me or call me a dumb person but I predicted the Lost finale would get a 7.1 with 20 million total viewers.
I hope the 24 and Law and Order finales do well.
I thought the finale was done beautifully. Possibly the greatest finale i've ever seen,
Wow, there's nothing like having the Muppets appear in your advertising to boost ratings…NOT.
Friends finale had 52.5 million viewers.
wow those numbers arent that great. i was expecting a 7 or more demo jeez ABC must be unhappy with these numbers