Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Strong ‘This Is Us’
NBC seized top honors in Tuesday ratings on a robust This Is Us, the network posting a 2.0 in viewers 18-49 across prime, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped CBS’ 1.2/4.
On NBC, The Voice was off 9% at 2.1 and This Is Us did a flat 2.8. Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders rated a flat 1.1.
On CBS, NCIS slipped 7% to 1.3 and Bull posted a flat 1.2, before NCIS: New Orleans rated a level 1.1.
ABC was at 1.0/4. The Middle fell 7% to 1.3 and Fresh Off the Boat did a flat 1.1, then Black-ish was off 8% to 1.2 and The Mayor dropped 20% to 0.8. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World scored a flat 0.8.
Fox did a 0.8/3, with Lethal Weapon at a level 0.9, The Mick up 14% to 0.8 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine down 14% to 0.6.
The CW averaged a 0.7/3, with The Flash at 0.9 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at 0.5. Both were down a tenth of a point from last week’s season premieres.
Among Spanish-language broadcasters, Telemundo did a 0.6/2 and Univision scored a 0.5/2.
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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.