Primetime Ratings: ‘Will & Grace’ Leads NBC to Win

NBC was the top ratings scorer Tuesday, riding a noisy Will & Grace to a 1.4 prime in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped the 0.9/3 put up by both ABC and Fox.

The Voice did a flat 1.8 on NBC, before Will & Grace went up 20% from its last airing to a 1.8. Superstore grew 10% to 1.1, and Chicago Med dropped 15% to 1.1.  

ABC had The Middle off 8% at 1.2 and Fresh Off the Boat down 18% at 0.9. Black-ish lost a tenth of a point for a 1.0 and The Mayor posted a flat 0.7, before Kevin (Probably) Saves the World scored a level 0.6.

On Fox, Lethal Weapon rated a 1.0, The Mick a 0.8 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine a 0.7. All three were flat.

CBS was at 0.7/3 with repeated dramas.

The CW was at 0.7/3. The Flash fell 11% from The CW’s crossover event a week ago to 0.8, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow slipped 33% to 0.6.

Univision did a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.

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.