Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Ellen’s’

NBC won Tuesday prime ratings by a mile, Ellen’s Game of Games leading to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That easily beat the 0.7/3 that CBS posted.

Ellen’s Game of Games did a 1.6 and a 1.7 across two episodes. It rated a 1.6 last week. An Ellen’s repeat followed.

On CBS, Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials did a 1.0, down a tenth from last year’s special. Repeats for NCIS and FBI followed.

ABC, The CW, Fox and Univision all did a 0.5/2.

ABC had repeats.

The CW had The Flash at a level 0.6 and Roswell, New Mexico down a tenth at 0.3.

Fox had repeats.

On Univision, Jesus, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia and Amar A Muerte all did a 0.5.

Telemundo got 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.