The Long Goodbye: Renewal Hopes Kept Alive in a Night of Season Finales

‘The Voice’ goes out on top; ‘Unforgettable’ makes its case for a reprieve

A handful of series broadcast their season finales Tuesday night, and while two—NBC’s The Voice and Fox’s New Girl—are already booked for a return trip in the fall, two others may have performed well enough to secure last-second renewals.

Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings data, The Voice closed out its second season with an average draw of 11.9 million total viewers and a 4.4 in the 18-to-49 demo, an improvement of 19 percent versus its freshman finale (3.7

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