Primetime Ratings: NBC Rolls With New ‘This Is Us’

NBC rolled to an easy win Tuesday, as the robust return of This Is Us led the network to a 2.1 across prime in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That topped the 1.3/5 that CBS earned.

Recently renewed Ellen’s Game of Games scored a 2.1, which was down a tenth from its premiere on NBC. This Is Us, with the family convening to discuss Kevin’s addiction issues, posted a 2.7, level with its fall finale. Chicago Med fell 7% to 1.4.  

On CBS, NCIS did a 1.5 and Bull a 1.2. NCIS: New Orleans rated a 1.0. All three were flat with last week.

ABC and Fox were both at 0.9/3. The Middle slipped 13% to 1.3 on ABC, before Fresh Off the Boat dropped 17% to a 1.0 and Black-ish decreased 9% to 1.0. A Modern Family repeat led into Kevin (Probably) Saves the World at a flat 0.7

On Fox, Lethal Weapon rated a 1.0, which was off a tenth of a point. Comedy LA to Vegas fell 27% from its premiere to 0.8 and The Mick was off 13% at 0.7.

Univision rated a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.  

The CW did a 0.2/1 with repeats of The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

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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.