Primetime Ratings: Fox, NBC Split Win on State of the Union Night

Fox and NBC split the Tuesday prime ratings battle, both notching a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. President Trump’s State of the Union address took up part of the broadcast networks’ prime.

Fox had Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back up 33% to 0.8 and the State of the Union at 0.9.

NBC had Ellen’s Game of Games at a flat 1.0 and two hours of the presidential address at 0.9 and 0.8.

ABC and CBS both got a 0.5/3. ABC had comedy reruns, then State of the Union at 0.5 and 0.6 from 9 to 11 p.m.

On CBS it was an NCIS rerun, then State of the Union at 0.5.

Univision did a 0.4/2. Ringo was down 17% at 0.5 before Univision went with the speech.

The CW and Telemundo both did a 0.3/2. The CW had The Flash down 33% at 0.4 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at a flat 0.2.

Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at a flat 0.4 before President Trump came on. 

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.