Primetime Ratings: Hot ‘Game of Games’ Paces NBC to Win
NBC took top honors in Tuesday ratings, riding a hot Ellen’s Game of Games to a 2.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That easily beat the 1.0/4 that Fox put up.
Ellen’s Game of Games went up 5% to 2.2 and This Is Us, with Kevin working out some stepfather issues, fell 7% to 2.5. Chicago Med ticked up 7% to a 1.5.
On Fox, Lethal Weapon gained 20% to 1.2 and LA to Vegas grew 13% to 0.9, then The Mick went up 14% to 0.8.
ABC was at 0.9/3. The Middle increased 8% to 1.4 and Fresh Off the Boat did a flat 1.0. Black-ish tallied a flat 1.0 and was followed by a Modern Family repeat. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World fell 14% to 0.6.
CBS did a 0.8/3 with repeats.
The CW too was at 0.8/3, as The Flash rated a level 0.8 and the premiere of Black Lightning did a promising 0.8.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2.
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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.