Viewers said farewell to Amy Poehler and the gang of Pawnee, Indiana, bureaucrats on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, in a finale that made more of a dent online than on television.
The Nielsen company said an estimated 4.15 million people saw the show exit on Tuesday after seven seasons on the air. While it was the show’s biggest audience in two years, it ranked only No. 58 among all the prime-time broadcast shows last week, reflecting its status as more of a cult than broad-based favourite.
However, the finale generated more tweets than any other program on television, including AMC’s popular The Walking Dead, which had more than triple the viewers, Twitter said.
Parks and Recreation added another million viewers on a time-delayed basis within three days of its airing.
CBS’ duo of NCIS and The Big Bang Theory led the ratings last week, as is often the case.
