Primetime Ratings: NBC Stays Strong With Games
NBC won the ratings race with Olympics coverage, its 5.2 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, flat with the network’s previous-night performance. NBC also pulled in a 20 share.
Related: Primetime Ratings: NBC Olympics Coverage Ticks Up
In second was ABC at 0.7/3.
NBC’s Tuesday offerings included snowboarding, alpine skiing and speed-skating.
On ABC, The Bachelor Winter Games premiered to a 0.8. The show sees 14 international bachelors and bachelorettes seek out love with existing Bachelor personalities.
CBS did a 0.6/2. It was in repeats.
Fox was at 0.5/2 with repeats.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2.
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The CW weighed in at 0.4/2. After a repeat of The Flash, drama Black Lightning did a 0.5, down a tenth of a point from its airing last week.
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.