Primetime Ratings: ‘Game of Silence’ Opens OK for NBC
NBC grabbed the Tuesday broadcast trophy on the strength of The Voice, the network scoring a 2.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 7 share. Next was CBS at 1.2/4, then ABC and Fox at 0.8/3 and The CW at 0.5/2.
The Voice did a 2.2, down a tenth from its last fresh Tuesday episode, and a preview of crime drama Game of Silence scored a decent 1.5.
CBS was in repeats, with a double run of NCIS: New Orleans around NCIS, yet still managed second place.
ABC repeated comedies 8-9 then had Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at 1.0, up 11%, while Beyond the Tank grew 20% to 0.6.
On Fox, New Girl climbed 22% to 1.1, before a Grandfathered repeat, then Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a 0.9 and The Grinder a 0.6, both flat.
The CW’s iZombie registered a 0.5 across two episodes, including the season finale, up 25%.
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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.