Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Voluble ‘Voice’

NBC won the prime ratings race Tuesday, riding The Voice to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. In second was CBS at 0.8/4.

NBC had the finale of The Village at a flat 0.6 and part 2 of The Voice finale up 10% for a 1.1 from 9 to 11 p.m.

CBS had the NCIS season ender up 9% at 1.2 and the premiere of adventure drama Blood & Treasure at 0.6 from 9 to 11.

ABC and Fox both got a 0.6/3. Comedies had their finales on ABC. American Housewife closed down 13% at 0.7 and The Kids Are Alright posted a level 0.6, then Black-ish ticked up 17% for a 0.7 and Bless This Mess was a flat 0.6. Docuseries 1969 grew 33% for a 0.4.

On Fox, MasterChef Junior got a 0.8 and the Mental Samurai finale a 0.5, both up a tenth of a point.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2.

The CW got a 0.2/1 with a Flash repeat and The 100 down 33% for a 0.2. 

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.