Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins SOTU Battle

NBC earned the top spot in Tuesday’s ratings, as a robust Ellen’s Game of Games led into State of the Union coverage. NBC got a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat the 1.0/4 that Fox rated.

Game of Games got a 1.4 after last week’s 1.6/1.7 double run, and the State of the Union did a 1.4 from 9 to 11 p.m.

On Fox, a repeat of The Masked Singer led into President Trump’s speech at 1.1.

ABC and CBS both did a 0.9/4.

ABC had American Housewife and The Kids Are Alright both at 0.8, Housewife down 20% from its last fresh airing and Kids off 10%. The State of the Union did a 0.9.

CBS had a repeat of The World’s Best, which had premiered after the Super Bowl. The presidential address did a 1.0 on CBS.

The CW got a 0.5/2. The Flash did a 0.7 and Roswell, New Mexico a 0.4, both shows up a tenth of a point from last week.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2. 

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.