Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Lackluster Night

A tight Tuesday broadcast battle went to CBS at 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, along with a 5 share. NBC was runner up at 1.5/5, Fox was at 1.3/4, ABC at 0.8/3 and The CW at 0.4/1.

The broadcast ratings were generally ho-hum. CBS had NCIS at a flat 2.0, then NCIS: New Orleans down 6% at 1.7, and Limitless off 15% at 1.1.

On NBC, it was an encore recap of The Voice at 1.3, then Chicago Med at 1.5, down 17%, and Chicago Fire at 1.6, down 11%.

Fox had a 90-minute American Idol past highlights show that scored a 1.4, then Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 0.9, up 13%. American Idol concludes April 7.

On ABC, Fresh Off the Boat was off 8% at 1.1, and The Real O’Neals a flat 1.0, then Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a 0.9, down 10%, before Beyond the Tank weighed in at 0.5, down 17%.

The CW had a repeat of The Flash, then a new iZombie at 0.4, down 20%.

Michael Malone

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.