Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins as ‘This Is Us’ Ticks Up
NBC was the winner in Tuesday prime ratings, This Is Us leading the net to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat the 1.0/4 that CBS scored.
Ellen’s Game of Games lost a tenth of a point for a 1.4 on NBC and This Is Us gained a tenth for a 1.8. New Amsterdam rated a flat 1.0.
CBS had NCIS at 1.2 and FBI at 0.9, both dramas down a tenth, then NCIS: New Orleans at a level 0.8.
ABC got a 0.7/3 and Fox a 0.6/3. On ABC, American Housewife did a 0.9 and The Kids Are Alright a 0.7, both comedies flat. Black-ish fell 13% to 0.7 and Splitting Up Together was a flat 0.6, then The Rookie a level 0.6.
On Fox, Lethal Weapon grew 14% to 0.8 and The Gifted was a flat 0.5.
Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.
The CW did a 0.2/1 with 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.