Primetime Ratings: NBC Scores With Strong ‘This Is Us’

NBC got the top score in Tuesday ratings, with This Is Us leading the network to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That squeaked by the 0.9/4 that CBS posted.

NBC had Ellen’s Game of Games at 1.0 and This Is Us at 1.4, both level with last week. New Amsterdam slid 13% to 0.7.

On CBS it was NCIS at a flat 1.0 and FBI went up 13% to 0.9, then FBI: Most Wanted fell 13% to 0.7.

Fox and Univision both rated a 0.6/3. Fox had The Resident at 0.7 and Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back at 0.6, both flat.

On Univision it was Ringo down 17% to 0.5 and Amor Eterno up 20% to 0.6, and the premiere of Rubi at 0.6.

ABC got a 0.5/3. The Conners posted a 1.0 and Bless This Mess a 0.6, both comedies flat with their last fresh airings. Mixed-ish and Black-ish both got a 0.5. Mixed-ish lost 29% after last week’s Jeopardy! special lead-in and Black-ish was flat. Emergence lost 25% for a 0.3.

Telemundo rated a 0.4/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos fell 20% for a 0.4 and La Dona was a flat 0.3, then El Senor de los Cielos shot up 33% to 0.4.

The CW scored a 0.3/1. Arrow dropped 40% to 0.3 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow slid 60% from its season premiere to 0.2. 

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.