Friday Overnight Ratings: ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Season Finale on CBS Leads Prime Time

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 3.8/ 7, NBC: 3.1/ 6, Fox: 2.5/ 5, ABC: 1.9/ 4, CW: 0.8/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +79, CBS: +31, CW: +14, ABC: +12, NBC: -6

NBC: Indianapolis Royal Wedding Special (8-9P) pre-empt & San Francisco Giants Baseball pre-empt

CW: New York-Yankees Baseball pre-empt & Sacramento Baseball pre-empt

With a 1.18 overnight rating, last night’s Winnipeg/Las Vegas Game 4 on NBCSN was up +7% vs comparable game last year.

— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) May 19, 2018

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Friday, May 18 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time” (series finale): 2.0/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “Celebrity Undercover Boss”: 2.9/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “Blindspot”: 2.4/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior”: 2.3/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Harry and Meghan: A Love Story”: 1.1/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time” (series finale): 1.6/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Celebrity Undercover Boss”: 3.2/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “Blindspot”: 2.2/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior”: 2.4/ 5 (#2)
CW – “Harry and Meghan: A Love Story”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” (season finale): 1.7/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Hawaii Five-0” (season finale): 4.5/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.2/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior” (season finale): 2.6/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Life Sentence”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” (season finale): 1.7/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Hawaii Five-0” (season finale): 4.5/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.3/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior” (season finale): 2.7/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Life Sentence”: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “20/20”: 2.2/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Blue Bloods” (repeat): 3.8/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.7/ 7 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “20/20”: 2.4/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Blue Bloods” (repeat): 3.8/ 7 (#1t)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.8/ 7 (#1t)

11:30 p.m.
ABC – “Jimmy Kimmel”: 2.0/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 3.0/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”: 2.3/ 6 (#2)

12:00 a.m.
ABC – “Jimmy Kimmel”: 1.4/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 1.8/ 5 (#1)
NBC – “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”: 1.7/ 5 (#2)

12:30 a.m.
ABC – “Nightline”: 1.3/ 4 (#1t)
CBS – “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat): 1.3/ 4 (#1t)
NBC – “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat): 1.3/ 4 (#1t)

1:00 a.m.
CBS – “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat): 1.1/ 4 (#1)
NBC – “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat): 1.0/ 4 (#2)

1:30 a.m.
NBC – “Last Call with Carson Daly” (repeat): 0.8/ 3

Source: Nielsen Media Research