Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins as ‘Voice’ Grows
NBC had the top score in Tuesday ratings, putting up a 2.1 in viewers 18-49, and an 8 share. Second was CBS at a distant 1.2/5.
The Voice did a 2.3 on NBC, up a tenth of a point from last week, and This Is Us wasdown 10% to 2.8. Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders rated a 1.1, down a tenth of a point.
CBS had NCIS down 13% at 1.4 and Bull at a flat 1.2, before NCIS: New Orleans climbed up 10% to 1.1.
ABC was at 1.1/4 as its comedies dropped from their premieres. The Middle fell 13% to 1.4 and Fresh Off the Boat dropped 15% to 1.1. Black-ish slipped 13% to 1.3 and The Mayor was off 17% at 1.0, before Kevin (Probably) Saves the World fell 20% to 0.8.
The CW, Fox and Telemundo scored a 0.8/3. The CW had the premiere of The Flash at 1.0, down a tenth from its May finale, and the season debut of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at 0.6, level with its spring season finale.
On Fox, Lethal Weapon was down 18% to 0.9 and The Mick fell 22% to 0.7, with Brooklyn Nine-Nine also at 0.7, which was flat for the comedy.
Telemundo had Eliminatorias Copa Mundial at 0.8 and ElSeñor de los Cielos at 0.9.
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Univision was at 0.5/2.
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.