TV Ratings: ‘Mother’ Finale Jumps, ‘The Voice’ Drops Against Steady ‘Dancing’

Fast National ratings have a two-hour Voice leading the night for NBC with a 3.6 rating among adults 18-49, though that score is down half of a point from last week for a performance low this cycle. Revolution (1.9 adults) was also down, just by a tenth of a point, though it was enough for NBC to still top the night in the key demo with an average 3.1 rating. The network also averaged 9.3 million viewers.

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CBS had a strong start to the night with the season finale of How I Met Your Mother (3.4 adults rating). The episode, which featured the long-teased reveal of the Mother, was up eight tenths of a point from last week, though down three tenths from last year’s ender. The comedy bested The Voice in the shared half-hour. 2 Broke Girls (2.9 adults) was up two tenths of a point from last week, down four from its freshman finale. Mike & Molly (2.4 adults) was up a tenth of a point, and Hawaii Five-0 was off by the same measure. The network averaged a 2.5 rating with adults 18-49 and 8.1 million viewers.

Dancing With the Stars (2.0 adults) was even with last week’s performance low, though the series generally sees growth in final returns. ABC also had the season finale of Castle (2.2 adults) up two tenths of a point from last week but down two tenths from the 2012 ender. ABC averaged a 2.0 rating with adults 18-49 and a dominant 12.4 million viewers.

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Back-to-back episodes of Hell’s Kitchen, airing on a special night, both earned a 1.7 rating with adults 18-49 on Fox. The broadcasts were down two tenths of a point from the last Tuesday original and brought in an average 3.97 million viewers.

The CW said goodbye to 90210 with just a 0.3 rating among adults 18-49 and 621,000 viewers, even with its penultimate installment.

Michael O'Connell