Empire Finale TV Ratings Soars High Beating The Big Bang Theory Record

Empire did it again! On FOX, the two-hour season finale of Empire earned a gigantic series high 6.4, up 10 percent from last week’s series high 5.8 adults 18-49 TV rating.

The first hour notched a 6.0 while the second hour, which Nielsen will count as the part of the series overall average rating, rose to a 6.8. It was the highest rated night for a broadcast network airing regular entertainment programming since the January 18, 2012 season premiere of American Idol, which garnered a 7.4 adults 18-49 rating.

Empire has now surpassed The Big Bang Theory to become the highest rated scripted broadcast program of the 2014-15 television season.