Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Strong ‘This Is Us’ Finale
NBC put up the highest score in Tuesday prime ratings, with the This Is Us finale setting a high number. NBC got a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped CBS’s 1.1/5.
Ellen’s Game of Games ticked up 8% to 1.4 and the This Is Us finale shot up 21% to 1.7. The premiere of Council of Dads got a 0.7.
On CBS it was NCIS up 30% for a 1.3 and FBI grew 38% to 1.1, then FBI: Most Wanted increased 25% to 1.0.
Fox got a 0.8/3 and ABC a 0.7/3.
Fox had The Resident at 0.8 and Empire at 0.7, both flat.
On ABC it was The Conners down 8% to 1.1 and Bless This Mess at a flat 0.7. Mixed-ish and Black-ish both got a 0.6, Mixed-ish down a tenth and Black-ish flat. For Life got a level 0.6.
Univision rated a 0.5/3 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. Univision had the Ringo finale at 0.7 and Amor Eterno at 0.6, both up a tenth. Sin Miedo a la Verdad did a level 0.4.
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On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.5, La Dona at 0.4 and Operacion Pacifico at 0.3. The first two were flat and Operacion lost a tenth.
The CW had a 0.1/1 with repeats.
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.