Primetime Ratings Tuesday: ‘NCIS’ Leads CBS to Title

Pictured: Mark Harmon as NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs
(Image credit: Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS)

CBS won the Tuesday ratings derby, with NCIS setting a hot pace. CBS posted a 0.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was NBC at 0.5/4. 

NCIS shot up 13% to 0.9 on CBS. FBI got a 0.7 and FBI: Most Wanted a 0.6, both flat. 

On NBC, Young Rock got a 0.5 and Kenan a 0.4, the comedies flat. This Is Us lost 13% for a 0.7 and New Amsterdam earned a level 0.4. 

ABC, Fox, Telemundo and Univision all scored a 0.3/2. ABC had Pooch Perfect at 0.4, down 33% from its series premiere. Black-ish and Mixed-ish both lost a tenth for a 0.3. The Soul of a Nation finale also shed a tenth for a 0.2. 

Fox had reruns of The Resident and The Masked Singer

On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos and La Suerte De Loli both down a tenth at 0.2 and Buscando A Frida up a tenth at 0.4. 

Univision had La Rosa de Guadalupe at a level 0.4. Te Acuerdas De Mi got a 0.3 and La Hija Del Embajador a 0.2, both shedding a tenth of a point. 

The CW did a 0.2/1. The Flash grew 50% to 0.3 and Supergirl got a flat 0.1. 

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.