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. 

Univision was at 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.