ABC Tuesday Prime (8-11pm - 11.2 million and 2.2/7 in AD18-49): Against competition from the 2-hour finale of NBC's The Voice, ABC emerged as the most-watched TV network on the final Tuesday of the season, outdrawing runner-up NBC by more than 1.0 million viewers (11.2 million vs. 10.1 million). ABC nearly caught NBC on Tuesday in Adults 18-49 (2.2/7 vs. 2.4/8) and straight out won the night in Adults 18-34, by 13% over NBC (1.7/7 vs. 1.5/6).
ABC's 20th season finale of Dancing with the Stars was the night's most-watched TV show by 1.9 million viewers over
THE VOICE finale (13.3 million vs. 11.4 million). In Adults 18-49, Dancing and
THE BACHELORETTE ranked as the #2 and #3 shows of the night, respectively. In addition,
THE BACHELORETTE was the #1 TV program of the night in Adults 18-34 (tied w/
THE VOICE finale) and Women 18-34 (beating
THE VOICE finale).
· The DWTS finale was the most social series on broadcast Tuesday night with 206,286 tweets, its best number of the spring season.
The Bachelorette (8-9pm - 7.0 million and 1.9/7 in AD18-49): In the 8 o'clock hour, ABC's
THE BACHELORETTE special won its hour in Adults 18-49 (1.9/7), beating NBC's
THE VOICE Recap special by 19% (1.6/6) and Fox's Hell's Kitchen by 50% (1.2/5).
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THE BACHELORETTE posted ABC's top Adult 18-34 number (1.8/8) in the hour in 15 months - since 2/25/14.
Dancing with the Stars (9-11pm - 13.3 million and 2.3/7 in AD18-49): Head to head from 9-11pm, ABC's Dancing with the Stars beat the 2-hour season finale of
THE VOICE by double digits in Total Viewers (+17% - 13.3 million vs. 11.4 million), Women 18-34 (+14% - 2.5/9 vs. 2.2/8), Teens 12-17 (+45% - 1.6/8 vs. 1.1/5) and Kids 2-11 (+25% - 1.0/5 vs. 0.8/4).
· Dancing was up over its Monday finale in the Adult 18-49 Fast Affiliate ratings (2.3/7 vs. 2.2/8) and even with its adjusted National number to match a season high. In addition, Dancing was steady with its year-ago May finale in Adults 18-49 (2.4/7 on 5/20/14), while
THE VOICE finale sank -15% from the year-ago night on its season ender (2.8/9 vs. 3.3/10). In fact DWTS substantially narrowed the Adult 18-49 gap year to year with
THE VOICE (5-tenths this year vs. 9-tenths last year).
· In viewers and young adults, Dancing generated ABC's best numbers in the 2-hour time slot in 6 months - since 11/25/14.
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