Primetime Ratings: ‘This Is Us’ Hits Series Record
On a night interrupted by President Obama’s final address from the White House, NBC won the ratings race with a 2.3 rating in 18-49 and an 8 share. NBC aired The Wall at a flat 1.7, then the return of This Is Us, at 10, scoring a 3.0. This Is Us scored a 2.8 in its last airing in early December.
ABC did a 1.2/4, CBS and Fox a 1.0/3 and The CW a 0.3/1.
The presidential address, aired by ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, ran from 9 to 10, with NBC winning that time slot easily.
ABC’s The Middle was a flat 1.7 and American Housewife was down a tenth of a point at 1.5, before Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. grew 14% from its last airing to 0.8.
CBS had repeats before and after President Obama.
On Fox, New Girl did a flat 1.1, while The Mick’s 1.1 was down 15%.
CW ran original programming at 9, with No Tomorrow doing a flat 0.2.
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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.