Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With OK ‘This Is Us’

NBC seized the win in Tuesday prime ratings, riding This Is Us to a 1.9 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.7/7 that ABC put up.

The Voice was down 9% to 2.1 and This Is Us, the episode showcasing Deja’s challenging upbringing, dropped 12% to 2.2, before Chicago Med did a flat 1.4.

On ABC, The Bachelor: After the Final Rose scored a 2.2 before the season finale of Kevin (Probably) Saves the World grew 17% to 0.7.

CBS rated a 1.2/5. NCIS went up 17% to 1.4 and Bull posted a flat 1.1, then NCIS: New Orleans rated a level 0.9.

Fox was at 0.8/3. Lethal Weapon did a 1.0, LA to Vegas a 0.7 and The Mick a 0.6, all three shows flat with last week.

The CW scored a 0.6/2, with The Flash at 0.7 and Black Lightning at 0.5, both dramas flat.

Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.