CBS Tops Tuesday Overnights Despite 20 Percent Drop, ‘This Is Us’ on NBC the Top Telecast in Prime Time

Delayed markets (not included for overnights): Fort Myers, West Palm Beach

Although CBS remained the Tuesday leader in overnights in an official TV season, it declined 20 percent from last season’s premiere night (7.0 rating/12 share vs. 8.8 rating/15 share on Sep. 20, 2016).

The second season premiere of NBC’s “This Is Us” was television’s highest-rated telecast on Tuesday in households. With a 8.8 rating/15 share, it scored the series’ second best overnight rating to-date, just behind the first season finale on Mar. 14 (9.0 rating/14 share). The episode jumped 38 percent from the series premiere telecast one year ago (6.4 rating/11 share on Sep. 20, 2016).

The following are the early overnight household ratings from the top 56 metered markets in half-hour breakdowns for Tuesday, September 26, 2017:

Prime Averages
Network	HH Rtg/Share
	7.0/12
	6.6/11
	4.8/8
	2.4/4
	0.5/1

	Tue., Sep. 26, 2017
8:00	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Celebrity Family Feud (f)	4.5/7
	NCIS (p)	8.6/15
	The Voice	6.5/11
	Lethal Weapon (p)	3.1/5
	The Flash (r)	0.5/1
8:30	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Celebrity Family Feud (f)	4.2/7
	NCIS (p)	8.7/14
	The Voice	7.2/12
	Lethal Weapon (p)	3.1/5
	The Flash (r)	0.5/1
9:00	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Dancing with the Stars (s)	5.3/8
	Bull (p)	6.6/11
	This Is Us (p)	9.0/14
	The Mick (p)	2.0/3
	D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow (r)	0.5/1
9:30	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Dancing with the Stars (s)	5.1/8
	Bull (p)	6.6/10
	This Is Us (p)	8.6/14
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine (p)	1.5/2
	D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow (r)	0.5/1
10:00	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Dancing with the Stars (s)	5.2/9
	NCIS: New Orleans (p)	6.0/10
	Law & Order: True Crime: The Menendez Murders (p)	4.6/8
10:30	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Dancing with the Stars (s)	4.9/9
	NCIS: New Orleans (p)	5.7/10
	Law & Order: True Crime: The Menendez Murders (p)	4.0/7
11:30	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Jimmy Kimmel	2.2/6
	Late Show with Stephen Colbert	3.4/8
	The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon	2.5/6
12:00a	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Jimmy Kimmel	1.3/4
	Late Show with Stephen Colbert	2.2/7
	The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon	1.8/5
12:30a	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Nightline	1.2/4
	Late Late Show with James Corden	1.4/5
	Late Night with Seth Meyers	1.4/5
1:00a	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Late Late Show with James Corden	1.0/4
	Late Night with Seth Meyers	1.1/4
1:30a	PROGRAM	HH Rtg/ Share
	Last Call with Carson Daly	0.8/4

Source: Nielsen Media Research