Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Easily

NBC won handily among broadcasters Tuesday, putting up a 1.6 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. The Voice did a 2.2, down 12%, and a double run of Trial and Error scored a 1.2 and a 1.1 (last week’s double run premiere was a 1.6 and 1.1), before Chicago Fire weighed in at 1.5, down a tenth. 

ABC, CBS, CW and Fox all showed a 0.8/3. ABC aired repeats until People Icons at 10. It did a 0.7. 

CBS was in repeats throughout prime. 

The CW had Flash at a flat 0.9 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at 0.6, up 20%. 

Fox had New Girl and The Mick at 0.8, while Bones did the same rating. 

Among Spanish-language players, Univision did a 0.6/2, while Telemundo did a 0.5/2. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.