Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Tuesday Dramas

CBS got top score in Tuesday’s prime ratings, as NCIS led the net to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. CBS was the only network to reach 1.0. In second were ABC and NBC at 0.9/4.

CBS had NCIS up 8% at 1.3, FBI at a flat 1.0 and NCIS: New Orleans also flat at 0.8.

On ABC, it was The Conners up 8% at 1.4 and The Kids Are Alright up 13% for a 0.9, then Black-ish at a flat 0.8 and Splitting Up Together north 17% to 0.7. The Rookie did a level 0.7.

NBC had The Voice at a flat 1.4 and Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas, a special starring the America’s Got Talent winner, at 0.8, then Hollywood Game Night at 0.5.

The CW did a 0.6/2. Crossover-aided Supergirl climbed 75% for a 0.7 and Black Lightning was up a tenth at 0.4.

Univision scored a 0.5/2, with Jesus and Amar A Muerte setting the pace.

Fox got a 0.4/2 with repeats. Telemundo was at 0.4/2 as well. 

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.