Primetime Ratings Tuesday: ‘Bachelorette’ Bolsters ABC
‘Rudolph’ well off from last year on CBS
ABC had the winning score in Tuesday ratings, with The Bachelorette giving the network the win. ABC scored a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In second was CBS at 0.7/4.
ABC had The Bachelorette at 1.2 and 1.1 across two hours, and drama Big Sky at 0.7. Both were level with last week.
CBS had Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at 1.1, down 27% from last year, and a primetime Let’s Make a Deal at 0.5. An FBI: Most Wanted rerun closed out prime.
NBC scored a 0.6/3. The Voice fell 22% to 0.7 and Weakest Link lost 17% for a 0.5. Transplant scored a flat 0.4.
Univision rated a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. On Univision, Vencer El Desamor shot up 25% to 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras and Dulce Ambicion both tallied a 0.3, the pair level.
On Telemundo, El Domo del Dinero got a flat 0.2 and Todo Por Mi Hija grew 33% to 0.4. Falsa Identidad lost 33% for a 0.2.
Fox rated a 0.2/1. A Cosmos: Possible Worlds rerun led into Next at a level 0.2.
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The CW scored a 0.1/1, with Swamp Thing and Tell Me a Story both at a level 0.1.
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.