Primetime Ratings: ‘Voice’ Finale Paces NBC

NBC easily won the Tuesday ratings race among broadcasters, with the Voice finale posting a 2.5, up 32% from last week. NBC scored a 2.2 in adults 18-49 for the night, per Nielsen’s overnight ratings, with an 8 share. 

CBS trailed at 1.5/5, then ABC at 1.0/4, Fox at 0.7/3 and The CW at 0.2/1. 

A Voice repeat led into the finale. 

CBS had NCIS at a flat 1.8, then Bull a 1.4, down a tenth, before NCIS: New Orleans scored a flat 1.2. 

On ABC, The Middle grew 14% to 1.6, American Housewife climbed 7% to 1.5 and Fresh Off the Boat scored a 1.2, up 9%. The Real O’Neals grew 13% to 0.9, before a StarWars-themed Jimmy Kimmel Live repeat at 10 p.m. 

Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a 0.9, down 10%. New Girl rated a 0.8 and Scream Queens a 0.5; both were flat with last week. 

The CW was in repeats. 

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.