Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Despite ‘This Is Us’ Drop

NBC won the Tuesday ratings race, as hit drama This Is Us led the net to a 1.9 in viewers 18-49, and an 8 share. The runner-up was CBS at 1.2/5.

NBC had The Voice down 14% from last week at 1.8, This Is Us off 17% from its premiere at a nonetheless noisy 2.4 and New Amsterdam down 16% for a 1.6.

CBS had NCIS at a flat 1.4, FBI off 8% from its opener at 1.2 and NCIS: New Orleans at a level 1.0.

Fox did a 0.8/3. The Gifted slipped 22% from last week’s premiere to 0.7 and Lethal Weapon did a flat 0.8.

ABC was at 0.7/3. Dancing with the Stars was down a tenth of a point at 0.8 from 8 to 10 p.m., before a repeat of A Million Little Things.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2.

The CW was at 0.1/1. It showed a Flash rerun, then The Outpost finale at 0.1, down a tenth of a point.

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.