Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With OK ‘This Is Us’
NBC seized the win in Tuesday prime ratings, riding This Is Us to a 1.9 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.7/7 that ABC put up.
The Voice was down 9% to 2.1 and This Is Us, the episode showcasing Deja’s challenging upbringing, dropped 12% to 2.2, before Chicago Med did a flat 1.4.
On ABC, The Bachelor: After the Final Rose scored a 2.2 before the season finale of Kevin (Probably) Saves the World grew 17% to 0.7.
CBS rated a 1.2/5. NCIS went up 17% to 1.4 and Bull posted a flat 1.1, then NCIS: New Orleans rated a level 0.9.
Fox was at 0.8/3. Lethal Weapon did a 1.0, LA to Vegas a 0.7 and The Mick a 0.6, all three shows flat with last week.
The CW scored a 0.6/2, with The Flash at 0.7 and Black Lightning at 0.5, both dramas flat.
Univision did a 0.5/2 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.