Ellen DeGeneres’ emotional goodbye to daytime ended her flagship talk show on a ratings high note.The May 26 series finale of “Ellen” yielded a season high 1.8 rating among adults 18-49, according to live + same day Nielsen data.
The number marks a 30 percent improvement from the ratings of the show at the same time last year, and a 64 percent improvement over ratings for the show from the week prior.
The run of episodes that week garnered a 1.3 rating, up 18% from the week before.“Ellen” had been steadily improving in ratings as the show reached its announced end date.
Over a two week period prior to the show’s end date, the show’s rating rose by 44 percent and averaged a daily growth of 568,000 viewers in its audience.
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