Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Chicago Med’ Return

Thanks to a strong return from Chicago Med, NBC took top ratings honors Tuesday, scoring a 1.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.3/5 put up by ABC.

The Voice dropped 15% to 1.7 on NBC. This Is Us was off 4% to 2.5 and the third season premiere of Chicago Med did a 1.3, a tenth of a point better than its May finale.

ABC had The Middle at a flat 1.3 and Fresh Off the Boat up 10% at 1.1. The Dancing with the Stars finale did a 1.3, same as its finale last spring.

CBS rated a 1.1/4, as NCIS fell 7% to 1.4 and Bull was down 8% at 1.1. NCIS: New Orleans was off 18% at 0.9.

Fox scored a 0.8/3, with Lethal Weapon at 1.0 and The Mick at 0.7, then Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 0.6. All three were flat.

The CW rated a 0.6/2. The Flash dropped 11% to 0.8 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow posted a level 0.5.

Telemundo did a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.

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.