Primetime Ratings: CBS, NBC Split Tuesday Title

CBS and NBC won the ratings race in Tuesday prime, both networks scoring a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. They beat the 0.6/3 put up by Fox.

CBS had NCIS down 9% at 1.0 and FBI at a flat 0.8, then NCIS: New Orleans at a level 0.7.

NBC had The Village off 14% at 0.6 and The Voice at 0.9, then New Amsterdam at 0.8, the latter two flat.

Fox had MasterChef Junior at a flat 0.7 and Mental Samurai down 17% at 0.5.

ABC got a 0.5/3. American Housewife rated a 0.8 and The Kids Are Alright a 0.6, then Bless This Mess at 0.6, all three down a tenth of a point. A Mess repeat led into 1969 at a flat 0.4.

Telemundo did a 0.5/2 with La Reina del Sur at 0.6, down a tenth from last week.

The CW and Univision rated a 0.4/2. CW had The Flash at 0.5 and The 100 at 0.3, both dramas flat. 

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.