Primetime Ratings: ‘NCIS’ Finale Drives CBS

CBS grabbed the Tuesday ratings title by the slimmest of margins, scoring a 1.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 6 share. NBC too had a 6 share, while its rating stood at 1.7. ABC posted a 1.0/4, The CW a 0.9/3 and Fox a 0.7/2.

CBS had the season finale of NCIS, featuring the departure of Michael Weatherly, at a 2.5, up 25%, then NCIS: New Orleans up 13% at 1.8, and Person of Interest at 1.2, up 9%.

NBC’s The Voice rated a 1.8, Chicago Med a 1.6 and Chicago Fire a 1.6; all three were flat with last week.

ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat did a 1.1, up 22%, and The Real O’Neals a flat 0.9, before Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season finale did a 1.0 across two hours, up a tenth.

On The CW, The Flash rated a 1.3 and Containment a 0.5, both flat.

Fox had the special Megyn Kelly Presents, the Fox News anchor interviewing Donald Trump, at 0.8 and a double run of unscripted Coupled at 0.6 and 0.5.

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.