Primetime Ratings Tuesday: Booming ‘NCIS’ Leads CBS
‘Young Rock’ finale grows on NBC
CBS won the Tuesday ratings derby, with NCIS pacing the net to the title. CBS scored a 0.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 5 share. In second was Fox at 0.5/3.
NCIS shot up 33% to 0.8 on CBS. FBI grew 17% to 0.7 and FBI: Most Wanted lost 17% for a 0.5.
Fox had The Resident at a flat 0.5 and Prodigal Son went up 33% to 0.4.
NBC and Univision both scored a 0.4/3. NBC had the Young Rock finale up 25% to 0.5. A Young Rock rerun led into a This Is Us repeat, before New Amsterdam shot up 33% to 0.4.
Univision had Disenando Tu Amor at a level 0.4 and Te Acuerdas De Mi went up 33% to 0.4. La Hija Del Embajador did a flat 0.3.
ABC and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/2. ABC had Pooch Perfect at a flat 0.4 and reruns of Black-ish and Mixed-ish. Big Sky scored a level 0.3.
Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.3 and La Suerte De Loli at 0.2. Buscando A Frida did a 0.3. All three stayed level.
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The CW had a 0.2/1. The Flash lost 33% for a 0.2 and Supergirl posted a 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.