Primetime Ratings: CBS Dramas Pace It to Win

CBS won the ratings race among broadcasters Tuesday, with a 1.3 rating in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. NCIS scored a flat 1.4 before Bull did a flat 1.2 and NCIS: New Orleans a 1.1, which was up 10% over last week.

Next up was NBC, which split the win with CBS a week before, at 1.1/5. The Voice was down 6% at 1.5 and a double run of comedy Great News rated a 0.7 and 0.6, down from last week’s 0.8 and 0.7. Chicago Fire then grew 8% to 1.3.

ABC did a 0.9/4. The Middle climbed 8% to a 1.3 and American Housewife did a flat 1.2, then the season finale of Fresh Off the Boat rated a flat 1.0 and Imaginary Mary’s season finale fell 11% to 0.8. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. rated a level 0.7.

Next was Fox at 0.8/3, as Brooklyn Nine-Nine scored a 0.7 and a 0.6, up a bit from last week’s 0.6 and 0.6, before Prison Break rated its usual 0.9.

The CW did a 0.6/3, as The Flash fell 10% to a 0.9 and iZombie was down 25% at 0.3.

On the Spanish-language networks, Univision did a 0.5/2 while Telemundo had a 0.4/2.

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.