Primetime Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Paces ABC to Win

With a boost from Roseanne, ABC took the ratings prize Tuesday, scoring a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 1.1/5 that NBC put up.

Roseanne did a 3.4, same as last week, and Alex, Inc. a 1.2, up 33% from its last airing, on a different night of the week. Black-ish fell 21% to 1.1 and Splitting Up Together was down 17% to 1.0. For The People did a flat 0.6.

For NBC, The Voice did a 1.5—it was a repeat the week before--and Rise was a level 0.8. Chicago Med was down a tenth of a point at 1.2.

CBS rated a 1.0/4, with NCIS off 15% to 1.1 and Bull down 8% to 1.1, then NCIS: New Orleans off 11% at 0.8.

Fox was at 0.7/3, with Lethal Weapon at 0.7, LA to Vegas at 0.6 and New Girl at 0.6, all three down a tenth of a point.

The CW was at 0.6/2, with The Flash at 0.6 and Black Lightning at 0.5, both shows flat.

Univision was at 0.5/2 and Telemundo at 0.4/2.

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.