Primetime Ratings: NBC Takes Title Despite Dips
NBC won the Tuesday ratings race, The Voice helping the network to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. That easily beat the 0.9/4 put up by runner-up ABC.
The Voice did a 2.1, down a tenth of a point from last week, and drama Rise fell 15% to 1.1; that had a This Is Us lead-in when it premiered. Chicago Med was off 14% to 1.2.
On ABC, The Middle grew 18% to 1.3 and Fresh Off the Boat went up 11% to 1.0. Black-ish did a 1.1 (it rated a 0.9 and 0.8 with a double run last week) and Modern Family was a repeat. Drama For the People lost 25% from its premiere for a 0.6.
CBS did a 0.7/3 with repeats.
Fox was at 0.6/2, with a Lethal Weapon repeat, then LA to Vegas at 0.6 and The Mick at 0.7, both comedies flat.
Univision and Telemundo both scored a 0.5/2.
The CW was at 0.4/1. A repeat of The Flash aired, then Black Lightning tallied a level 0.5.
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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.