‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 16 Was ABC’s No. 1 Program in Total Viewers

Meredith Jacobs
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Going into 17 seasons, and people are still loving Grey’s Anatomy.

The ABC medical drama is even more popular than ever, especially since fans don’t just have to tune in live every Thursday night (at 8/7c or 9/8c) to catch an episode. There’s also Hulu, ABC.com, and On Demand, just to name a few options.

This season, it was ABC’s No. 1 program in total viewers (15.7 million) and the key demo, adults 18-49 (5.92 rating), when you factor in 35 days of delayed viewing across all platforms.

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And after those 35 days of delayed viewing, the finale itself, “Put on a Happy Face,” had 16.5 million total viewers (on linear and digital platforms). That is an increase of 9.2 million from the Live+Same Day numbers. In the key demo, it hit a 5.98 rating. (That’s more than four times its initial rating, 1.4.) That episode was Grey’s most-watched telecast since the Season 16 premiere on September 26, 2019.

Grey’s was renewed for two years in May 2019 and will be back for Season 17 in 2020-2021.

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    wolverine1070

    It's a sign of ABC's weak lineup that a nearly 20 year old show which, admittedly, does all right in the ratings, but just all right, is their most popular show. CBS draws far more with NCIS which is both longer running and has had more successful spinoffs.

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      OliveCactus

      We could say the same about the even older NCIS. That’s a top rated CBS show.

      Ironically NBC has the relatively young This Is Us as their highest rated scripted show but NBC ranked 4th in the 18-49 demo in regards to scripted shows . Fox ranked first thanks to heavy hitters like the 911 shows and their lack of 10:00 PM shows.

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        wolverine1070

        But NCIS is still pulling in monster ratings, far more than Grey's. Fox ranked where it did because of the addition of TNF. ABC has a weak lineup with no help on the way.