Primetime Ratings: NBC’s ‘Heartbeat’ Previews Stable
CBS grabbed the Tuesday primetime title with a 1.7 score in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, along with a 6 share. NBC trailed at 1.5/6, then ABC at 0.9/3, The CW at 0.8/3 and Fox at 0.6/2.
For CBS, NCIS did a flat 2.0, NCIS: New Orleans was up 13% to 1.8, and Limitless grew 18% to 1.3.
On NBC, The Voice slipped 11% to 2.4, leading in to a preview of medical drama Heartbeat at 1.4, before a Chicago Fire repeat.
ABC had Fresh Off the Boat up 9% at 1.2 and The Real O’Neals at a flat 1.0, then Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at 0.9, down 10%, and Beyond the Tank, filling in for the canceled Of Kings and Prophets, at 0.6.
On The CW, The Flash did a 1.1, down 29%, and iZombie a 0.5, down 17%.
Fox’s New Girl rated a flat 1.0 before a batch of comedy repeats.
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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.