Ratings: Young Sheldon Soars to 4-Year Audience High With Series Finale
Young Sheldon‘s series finale on Thursday night drew just shy of 9 million total viewers, up 28% from the hitcom’s Season 7 average to mark a four-year audience high (since the Season 3 finale).
Part 1 of Young Sheldon‘s finale opened CBS’ night with 8.8 million total viewers.
TVLine readers gave Young Sheldon‘s series finale an average grade of “A”; read post mortems about filming the funeral, Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik appearing as future Sheldon and Amy, and more.
Leading out of Sheldon‘s send-off, So Help Me Todd (with 4.4 million total viewers, get so much scoop on the Season 3 that will never be, and much more) was flat with its unplanned series finale. Elsbeth (4.2 mil) was also steady week-to-week.
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I haven’t watched one episode but I tuned in to the finale’ just to see future Shamie.
So sad to see this show end.
Hate the show is ending, but better to go out on top. Excited about the Georgie and Mandy spinoff this Fall.
Todd viewers greater than Elsbeth. Todd gets cancelled. ?????????
Who owned Todd?
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If CBS owns Elsbeth, and didn’t own Todd, that’s probably your answer.
CBS owns Todd, but I don’t know about Elsbeth, but I worried about Todd during S1 and S2.
It is also an issue of viewer retention. Yes, Todd had higher ratings. It also followed the high rated Sheldon (8.8 million viewers) but dropped half that to 4.4 million.
Elsbeth had a weaker lead in with Todd but only lost 0.2 million viewers.
So Help Me Todd is a funny & original show which should not have been canceled so Elisabeth, a bad female Columbo remake could remain on tv for one more year.
This conversation is about Young Sheldon, not So Help Me Todd.
The finale Was good. I have enjoyed the show since its been on. I watched Todd this past year and really liked it. Elsbeth is getting kind of fake, not as funny as the first couple episodes. Not sure it will last beyond season 2. I am looking forward to Georgie & Mandy.
This show should have lasted one more year.
I was sad to see this amazing show come to an end. I have been a fan since episode one, just as I was of TBBT. However, the ending was very well done. Tied up some loose ends. The writers and actors gave fans 7 seasons of truly enjoyable performances!!