Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Despite ‘This Is Us’ Dip

NBC won bragging rights Tuesday despite a dip for rookie hotshot This Is Us. NBC scored a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, alongside a 7 share. The Wall, which NBC just ordered 20 more episodes of, was a flat 1.7 while Chicago Fire was level with last week at 1.6.

This Is Us scored a 2.6, down 13% from last week’s high score. A total of 9.5 million watched This Is Us last night.

CBS posted a 1.5/5, as NCIS grew 6% to a 1.9, with 15.2 million total viewers. Bull was a flat 1.5 and NCIS: Los Angeles a flat 1.2.

ABC did a 1.1/4, with The Middle at a flat 1.7 and American Housewife also flat at 1.5. Fresh Off the Boat fell 21% to 1.1 and The Real O’Neals lost 20% to 0.8. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. plummeted 25% to 0.6.

Fox had New Girl down 9% at 1.0 and The Mick at a flat 1.1, then Bones returned down a tenth at 0.8. Fox did a 0.9/3 for the night.

The CW had a Flash repeat, then the finale of No Tomorrow at a flat 0.2. It scored a 0.3/1 for the night.

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.