Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Ellen’ and Trump

NBC got top score in Tuesday ratings, which featured an address from President Trump and the Democratic response. NBC did a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat the 0.9/4 put up by ABC.

NBC had the premiere of Ellen’s Game of Games at 1.5; it premiered at 2.2 a year ago. The Trump address did a 1.7 from 9 to 9:30. New Amsterdam lost a tenth of a point from its last new airing at 1.0.

On ABC, The Conners did a level 1.4 and The Kids Are Alright gained a tenth of a point for a 1.0; both comedies last aired new episodes Dec. 11. The presidential chat scored a 0.9. Black-ish and Splitting Up Together both got a 0.7, Black-ish down a tenth and Splitting Up flat, and The Rookie shed a tenth for a 0.6.

CBS was next at 0.8/3. NCIS lost 8% for a 1.2 and President Trump posted a 0.9. An NCIS: New Orleans repeat closed out prime.

Fox got a 0.7/3. Lethal Weapon had a flat 0.7 and the political discourse a 0.8. The Gifted got a flat 0.5.

Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.4/2.

The CW got a 0.2/1 with a Supergirl rerun and the Trump talk. 

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.