Grey's Anatomy ended its eighth season with an impressive audience last night, early Nielsen overnight data reveals.
A dramatic death in 'Flight' was seen by 11.2m (3.9) in the 9pm hour.
After the medical drama, Scandal's finale scored a season high of 7.5m (2.4), while the last ever episode of Missing drew 6.5m (1.3).
Rules of Engagement (7.3m/2.1), Person of Interest (13.4m/2.5) and The Mentalist (13m/2.5) concluded with respectable ratings for CBS.
Three episodes of Community were screened on NBC, amusing 3m (1.3) at 8pm, 2.6m (1.3) at 9pm, and 2.5m (1.3) for the sitcom's finale.
Fellow comedy 30 Rock ended its 2011/12 run with 2.9m (1.3), and Awake logged 2.1m (0.7).
Over on Fox, American Idol led the night with 15.9m (4.2) at 8pm, then 6.3m (1.8) watched Touch an hour later.
Perez Hilton's All Access interview with Katy Perry attracted 970k (0.3) in the 9pm hour.
