And they say appointment viewing is dead. The two hour finale of “Empire” was huge. According to Nielsen, the finale scored a 6.4 rating and 16.5 million viewers, which means the show’s ratings went up 11% since last week. From Slate:
As it is, Empire is literally doing Super Bowl–size ratings among African-American audiences. In some black demos, it’s making the Super Bowl look like a high-school football game: Nielsen says that nearly 53 percent of African-American women ages 35–49 who have TV sets watched the March 4 episode of the show. By contrast, “only” 4.3 percent of white women in that same age group saw the show—and just under 3 percent of similarly aged men watched. Now, it’s worth noting that those ratings for white viewers still qualify Empire as a hit; they’re bigger than anything that aired on TV this past Monday.
Early reports are that the finale drove 2.4 million tweets. Here are some of the best reactions to the frenzy:
Geek Twitter is going up against Black Twitter tonight lol #Arrow #EmpireFinale
— Ashley Nicole (@geeksandcleats) March 19, 2015
Let’s break Twitter #EmpireFinale — Goldie Taylor © (@goldietaylor) March 19, 2015
I hope Twitter is ready for @EmpireFOX tonight. It better not break down. #EmpireFOX #EmpireFinale pic.twitter.com/y4fckPQ70y — King Kid ✈ (@_itskid) March 18, 2015
Twitter right now over #EmpireFinale. pic.twitter.com/jajjlOBYdo
— All Def Digital (@AllDefDigital) March 19, 2015
I’m going to turn on #EmpireFinale because I’m basically watching it already by being on Twitter — Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 19, 2015
It’s been a long time since a show brought twitter together as a family #EmpireFinale
— K.Purp (@ynkendra) March 19, 2015
Twitter going UPPPP on a Wednesday#EmpireFinale
— Sheina McBee (@Sheina_Mc) March 19, 2015
Mean while Yall bout to crash Twitter #EmpireFinale
— 777 Crew Leader (@ToHighToGetOvah) March 19, 2015
Now we all have to wait a year for the next one. What will we do on Wednesdays?