Primetime Ratings: CBS, NBC Tie Atop Heap

CBS and NBC finished atop the broadcaster heap Tuesday, both with a 1.2 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share.

CBS saw NCIS grow 8% to 1.4 and Bull climb 9% to 1.2, before NCIS: New Orleans fell 9% to 1.0.

On NBC, The Voice slipped 11% to 1.6 and a double run of comedy Great News did a 0.8 and 0.6; Great News had a 1.2 and 1.0 when it debuted a week ago. Chicago Fire rated a 1.2, down a tenth of a point.

ABC was next at 0.9/3. The Middle did a 1.1, down a tenth of a point, and American Housewife a flat 1.2, then Fresh Off the Boat scored a flat 1.0 and Imaginary Mary fell 13% to 0.7. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. grew 17% to 0.7.

Fox scored a 0.8/3, as Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a 0.6 and The Mick a 0.7, both down a tenth of a point, before Prison Break rated a flat 0.9.

The CW was at 0.6/2, with The Flash at a flat 1.0 while iZombie slipped 25% to 0.3.

Among Spanish-language nets, Univision did a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/1.

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.