Primetime Ratings: Potent Premiere for NBC’s ‘Ellen’s Game of Games’

NBC took the ratings prize in Tuesday’s prime derby, riding a hot Ellen’s Game of Games premiere to a 2.0 on the night, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.2/5 put forth by CBS.

Ellen’s Game of Games, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, had previewed Dec. 18. Last night, it scored a 2.2 from 8 to 10. Then Chicago Med grew 36% from its last fresh airing at 1.5.

On CBS, NCIS ticked up 7% to 1.5 and Bull dropped 8% to 1.2. NCIS: New Orleans was good for a 1.0, up 11%.

ABC and Fox both posted a 1.0/4. On ABC, The Middle climbed 15% to 1.5 and Fresh Off the Boat went up 20% to 1.2. Black-ish fell 8% to 1.1 and was followed by a Modern Family repeat. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World then went up 17% to 0.7.

On Fox, Lethal Weapon grew 10% to 1.1 and the premiere of comedy LA to Vegas, produced by Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, Steve Levitan and other comedic honchos, did a promising 1.1. The Mick scored a flat 0.8.

Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo rated a 0.4/2.

The CW rated a 0.2/1, with repeats of The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

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.