Several of Tuesday’s shows returned from the Olympics break a bit lower than they left.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
NBC: THE VOICE was at 2.3, down 0.3 from its first midseason Tuesday airing last year. THIS IS US dropped 0.2 from its last pre-Olympics episode to 2.5, and CHICAGO MED was down 0.1 to 1.4.
ABC: THE MIDDLE (1.2) and FRESH OFF THE BOAT (0.9) were steady with their pre-Olympics episodes. After a 0.7/0.6 hour of reruns, KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD held at its pre-Olympics 0.5, although it was up 0.1 from last week’s hour that aired during the Games.
CBS: NCIS fell 0.3 from its pre-Olympics episode to tie its series low at 1.2, BULL was down 0.1 to 1.1, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS remained at 0.9.
FOX: The entire line-up was down 0.1 from pre-Olympics levels: LETHAL WEAPON to 1.0, LA TO VEGAS to 0.7, and THE MICK to 0.6.
CW: THE FLASH tied its series low 0.7 (down 0.1 from its last episode), and BLACK LIGHTNING was down 0.1 to 0.5.
CBS’s SURVIVOR begins its latest cycle tonight.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
PREVIOUS TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)
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