Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins on Drama Strength
Enjoying gains from its Tuesday dramas, CBS grabbed the ratings title on a slow night, putting up a 1.8 rating in 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, with a 6 share. NBC was next up at 1.5/5, then CW at 1.1/3, Fox at 1.0/3 and ABC at 0.8/3.
NCIS was flat at 2.4 for CBS, while NCIS: New Orleans grew 6% to 1.9 and Limitless was up 8% to 1.3.
On NBC, Hollywood Game Night was flat at 1.1. Also level with the previous week were Chicago Med (1.6) and Chicago Fire (1.8).
The CW had The Flash up 14% at 1.6, then iZombie at 0.6, which was flat.
Fox featured New Girl, at a flat 1.4, and Grandfathered off 10% at 0.9, then Brooklyn Nine-Nine at a flat 1.0 and The Grinder up a noisy 33% to 0.8.
Over ABC’s way, Fresh Off the Boatand The Muppets, in new time slots, did 1.2 and 0.9, respectively. Fresh was down 14% while Muppets grew 13%. Drama Marvel’s Agent Carter weighed in at a flat 0.8 and What Would You Do? was down a tenth at 0.6.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.