NBC’s This Is Us returned from three weeks off to slightly higher ratings, helping the network improve week to week. CBS swept the primetime rankings in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, with FBI tying lead-in NCIS in the key ad demographic.
This Is Us recorded a 0.83 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.08 million viewers, both up a little bit from its last airing in mid-April. NBC also got a bump from the return of The Voice‘s Tuesday edition (0.62, 5.75 million), which put up substantially higher same-day numbers than the Young Rock/Kenan combo did in recent weeks. New Amsterdam (0.38, 3.27 million) had a slightly larger total audience than last week but came down slightly in the 18-49 demo.
NCIS was Tuesday’s most watched show (8.94 million viewers) by a sizable margin. It tied FBI for second place among adults 18-49 with a 0.69 rating; FBI attracted 7.69 million total viewers. FBI: Most Wanted swept the 10 p.m. hour with 5.79 million viewers and a 0.56 in the 18-49 demo.
ABC had a down night, with Pooch Perfect (0.35 in 18-49, 1.86 million viewers), Black-ish (0.31, 1.61 million) and Mixed-ish (0.31, 1.5 million) all hitting lows. Big Sky (0.38, 2.63 million) inched up from last week’s season low in total viewers and was flat in adults 18-49.
On Fox, The Resident (0.48 in 18-49, 3.1 million viewers) slipped a little, while Prodigal Son (0.38, 1.83 million) was fairly steady. Supergirl (0.11, 471,000) also declined for The CW, while The Flash (0.22, 742,000) rose by a small amount.
On cable, Tucker Carlson Tonight brought in the biggest total audience with 3.27 million viewers. An NBA game on TNT (Knicks-Lakers) topped the 18-49 demo with a 0.52 rating.
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