
On a Wednesday to stay out of the way of the NFL, Hairspray Live! is down 25% in MM ratings from the Decemlive version of the Queen Latifah and Mary J. With a 5.9/10 result in metered market ratings, the Craig Zadan and Neil Meron produced adaptation of the Broadway show based on John Waters cult flick was no The Wiz Live! for NBC. PREVIOUSLY, 6:41 AM: There was singing, there was dancing, there was an ode to Divine, there was Jennifer Hudson, a live audience, viewing parties, a Billy Eichner cameo and Ariana Grande last night on Hairspray Live! but they just couldn’t ease on down the ratings road.

The earlier part of ABC’s line-up also saw declines and new lows for The Goldbergs (1.5/5), Speechless (1.3/5) and black-ish (1.2/4) as a Modern Family (1.1/4) repeat sat at 9 PM for the net. In its third consecutive week of audience growth, Code Black hit a season high viewership of 6.72 million. Survivor (1.7/6) took an 11% whack for CBS while 10 PM’s Code Black (1.1/4) was actually up a tenth in a rare rise for the night, tying Designated Survivor (1.1/4) which was down two tenths to a season low on Wednesday. Lead-out Frequency (0.2/3) was down a tenth from last week. Having said that, the Season 5 winter finale dropped 46% from its November 30 show and 30% from its Season 4 winter finale of December 9 last year. In 2014, PPL! went up a tenth in the demo and ended up with 9.13 million watching.Īs for the rest of the night on the Big 4 and the CW, Arrow (0.7/3) was unsparingly down from the heights of its crossover episode last week to it more average season results. Currently even with what Peter Pan Live! snared in the demo in fast affiliates on December 4, 2014, Hairspray Live! actually ran from 8 to 10:54 PM so adjustments could be greater than usual for such live events. Though Hairspray Live! fell 30% in the demo from the fast affiliate results of NBC’s last primetime musical The Wiz Live!, the net still won the night in the 18-49 and total viewers with 8.92 million watching.
