Primetime Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Stays Strong as ABC Wins

Roseanne stayed potent in its second week, as its 3.9 rating in viewers 18-49 led ABC to the Tuesday win. ABC did a 1.8 rating, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share, better than the 1.2/5 that CBS and NBC both posted.

Roseanne had 15.16 million total viewers, compared with the previous week’s 18.2 million. Its 18-49 rating Tuesday was down 24% from the two-episode premiere. Roseanne led in to The Middle which was up 57% from two weeks ago at 2.2 while Black-ish fell 42% from last week for a 1.5, then Splitting Up Together dropped 36% for a 1.4. Drama For the People decreased 11% to 0.8.

On CBS, NCIS tallied a 1.3 and Bull a 1.2, then NCIS: New Orleans a 0.9, all three shows flat with a week ago.

On NBC, The Voice went up 13% to 1.8 and Rise grew 13% to 0.9, then Chicago Med climbed 10% for a 1.1.

Fox did a 0.6/2. A Lethal Weapon repeat led into LA to Vegas at 0.7 and The Mick at 0.7, both comedies up a tenth of a point.

Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/1.

The CW was at 0.4/1, with a repeat of The Flash, then a fresh Black Lightning at a flat 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.