Its end now in sight, American Idol closed out its penultimate season with unsurprisingly soft showing. The two-hour closer averaged a 1.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 7.7 million viewers. And while that may be up from the night and week before, it was still a finale low by a wide margin. Finales across the dial, ABC closed out the seasons of The Middle (1.7 adults), The Goldbergs (2.0 adult) and Nashville (1.3 adults) with steady episodes. Modern Family (2.7 adults) and Black-ish (2.1 adults) also held.
