Primetime Ratings: ‘This Is Us’ Premiere Down From Last Year

NBC took the top spot in Tuesday ratings, the This Is Us season premiere leading to a 2.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 10 share. That easily beat the 1.2/5 that CBS posted.

NBC had The Voice at 2.1, up a tenth from the previous night’s premiere. This Is Us, which showed how Jack and Rebecca met, did a 2.9 with its premiere, a 24% drop from last year’s opener. The New Amsterdam series premiere closed out prime with a 1.9.

CBS had the NCIS season starter at 1.4, off 13% from last year’s premiere, before the series premiere of Dick Wolf’s FBI did a 1.3. The NCIS: New Orleans season premiere rated a 1.0, flat with last year.

Fox rated a 0.8/4. The Gifted premiere lost 40% from last year’s opener, at 0.9. The Lethal Weapon starter fell 33% from last year’s premiere, at 0.8.

ABC scored a 0.7/3. Dancing with the Stars did a 0.9 from 8 to 10 p.m., down 18% from the previous night’s premiere, before 20/20: The Real Rookies scored a 0.5.

Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.5/2.

The CW was at 0.2/1. It showed a Flash repeat, then The Outpost at a level 0.2.

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.