Primetime Ratings: ‘This Is Us’ Paces NBC Win
NBC had the top score in Tuesday ratings, This Is Us leading the way to a 1.0 for the network in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was CBS at 0.8/4.
Ellen’s Game of Games lost 10% for a 0.9 on NBC and This Is Us went up 8% to 1.4. New Amsterdam dropped 14% to 0.6.
It was the State of the Union on broadcast the Tuesday before.
On CBS, NCIS got a 1.0 and FBI a 0.8. FBI: Most Wanted rated a 0.6. All three dramas dropped a tenth of a point from their last airings.
ABC scored a 0.7/4. The Conners went up 22% to 1.1 and Bless This Mess grew 17% to 0.7. Mixed-ish and Black-ish both climbed 20% to 0.6 and the premiere of legal drama For Life got a promising 0.8.
Univision got a 0.5/3 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. On Univision, Ringo, Amor Eterno and Rubi all did a 0.5, same as they did the night before.
On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos and La Dona both had a 0.4, Exatlon losing a tenth and La Dona gaining one. Operacion Pacifico did a flat 0.3.
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Fox also had a 0.4/2. A Resident rerun led into Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back, which fell 25% to 0.6.
The CW scored a 0.3/1. The Flash got a 0.3 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow a 0.2. Flash was down a tenth and DC’s was flat.
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.