Ratings: Young Sheldon Soars to 4-Year Audience High With Series Finale

Young Sheldon ‘s series finale on Thursday night drew just shy of 9 million total viewers, up 28% from the hitcom’s Season 7 average to mark a four-year audience high (since the Season 3 finale).

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Part 1 of Young Sheldon ‘s finale opened CBS’ night with 8.8 million total viewers.

TVLine readers gave Young Sheldon ‘s series finale an average grade of “A”; read post mortems about filming the funeral , Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik appearing as future Sheldon and Amy , and more .

Leading out of Sheldon ‘s send-off, So Help Me Todd (with 4.4 million total viewers, get so much scoop on the Season 3 that will never be, and much more ) was flat with its unplanned series finale. Elsbeth (4.2 mil) was also steady week-to-week.

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