Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Tuesday Tussle

NBC took ratings honors Tuesday, as The Voice did a 1.8, off 10% from its last fresh airing, before a double run of Trial & Error had a 0.9 and a 0.7, down a smidge from last week’s 0.9 and 0.8. That gave NBC a leading 1.5 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share.

CBS was next at 1.2/4. NCIS did a 1.3, down 13% from its last new airing. Bull fell 15% to 1.1, and NCIS: New Orleans was up 10% at 1.1.

Then came ABC at 1.0/4. The Middle scored a flat 1.2, American Housewife grew 9% to 1.2, Fresh Off the Boat fell a tenth of a point to 1.0, Imaginary Mary grew 13% to 0.9 and then Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. grew 14% to 0.8.

Fox had a 0.8/3, as Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a flat 0.7 before a Mick repeat, then Prison Break was off 18% at 0.9.

The CW did a 0.3/1, with iZombie at a flat 0.3.

Among Spanish-language outlets, Telemundo had a 0.6/2 and Univision a 0.5/2.

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.