Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Easily
NBC won handily among broadcasters Tuesday, putting up a 1.6 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. The Voice did a 2.2, down 12%, and a double run of Trial and Error scored a 1.2 and a 1.1 (last week’s double run premiere was a 1.6 and 1.1), before Chicago Fire weighed in at 1.5, down a tenth.
ABC, CBS, CW and Fox all showed a 0.8/3. ABC aired repeats until People Icons at 10. It did a 0.7.
CBS was in repeats throughout prime.
The CW had Flash at a flat 0.9 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at 0.6, up 20%.
Fox had New Girl and The Mick at 0.8, while Bones did the same rating.
Among Spanish-language players, Univision did a 0.6/2, while Telemundo did a 0.5/2.
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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.