Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins as ‘Great News’ Debuts
NBC won the Tuesday ratings race easily with a 1.4 rating in adults 18-49 and a 5 share. The Voice did a flat 1.8, then the premiere of comedy Great News did a decent 1.2. A second run scored a 1.0, before Chicago Fire did a flat 1.3.
Fox was next at 0.8/3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine rated a 0.7, The Mick a 0.8, and Prison Break a 0.9, all flat for Fox.
ABC, CBS and The CW each had a 0.7/3. ABC had repeated comedies before a new Imaginary Mary was down 11% at 0.8 and then Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was down 25% to 0.6.
CBS was in repeats before a new 48 Hours: NCIS did a 0.7.
On The CW, The Flash did a 1.0, up 11%, in its first original show since March 28. iZombie grew 33% to 0.4.
Among Spanish-language nets, Univision had a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.
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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.