Ratings: Pitch Ticks Up With Finale, Notorious Ends on (Very) Low Note

Fox’s Pitch wrapped its rookie season on Thursday night with 2.9 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating (per finals), rising 20 percent and a tenth week-to-week to mark its best numbers since Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, respectively. TVLine readers gave the finale an average grade of “A.”

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Opening Fox’s night, Taraji P. Henson’s holiday special did 3.5 mil and a 0.9, down sharply from last year’s inaugural edition yet improving on Rosewood‘s most recent tallies.

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Elsewhere in the ratings….

THE CW | Legends of Tomorrow (2 mil/0.7) dropped from its crossover numbers yet is up a tick from its last “regular” episode. Supernatural (1.7 mil/0.6) was flat.

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NBC | Thursday Night Football (17.4 mil/5.6) is down about 19 percent from last week’s finals.

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ABC | Airing an hour later, Notorious‘ “season” finale (2.6 mil/0.5) plunged to easy series lows.

CBS | Leading out of a Big Bang rerun (9.7 mil/1.7), The Great Indoors (7.3 mil/1.5) nonetheless rose two tenths, while Mom (7.5 mil/1.4) and Life in Pieces (6.5 mil/1.3) ticked up. Pure Genius (5.6 mil/1.0) rose 17 percent and two tenths.

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