Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Hefty ‘This Is Us’

NBC took Tuesday’s prime ratings by a hair, This Is Us leading the network to a 1.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. ABC also did a 1.8, while its share was 7.

The Voice did a level 1.8 on NBC, before This Is Us was down a tenth of a point at 2.3 and New Amsterdam fell 13% to 1.4.

ABC had the American Music Awards across prime. The telecast fell 25% from last year.

CBS scored a 1.1/5. NCIS did a flat 1.4, FBI was down 17% to 1.0 and NCIS: New Orleans slipped a tenth of a point at 0.9.

Fox was at 0.7/3. The Gifted and Lethal Weapon both did a 0.7. The Gifted was flat and Lethal Weapon lost a tenth.

The CW scored a 0.6/2, with the premiere of The Flash at 0.8, down 20% from last year’s opener. The Black Lightning season starter posted a 0.4, off 50% from last year’s premiere.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2, same as last week.

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.