Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Hearty ‘Voice’
NBC got the top spot in Tuesday ratings, as The Voice led to a 1.6 for the net in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That easily beat the 1.0/4 put up by CBS.
The Voice did a 2.0, down a tenth from its season starter the night before, and the premiere of World of Dance a 1.4 from 9 to 11 p.m. World of Dance scored a 1.8 in its premiere last spring.
On CBS, NCIS got a 1.2 and FBI a 0.9, then NCIS: New Orleans a 0.8. All three dramas were flat.
ABC did a 0.7/3 and Fox a 0.6/3.
ABC had American Housewife at 1.0 and The Kids Are Alright at 0.8, then Black-ish at 0.8, all three comedies up a tenth. Splitting Up Together did a 0.6 and The Rookie a 0.6, both flat.
On Fox, the Lethal Weapon finale slid 13% to 0.7 and The Gifted season ender was a level 0.5.
Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.4/2.
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The CW rated a 0.2/1 with a Flash rerun before a new Roswell, New Mexico was down 33% to 0.2.
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.