Tuesday Overnights: Clean Sweep for CBS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2017

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 6.9/11, NBC: 5.0/ 8, ABC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 2.2/ 4, CW: 0.7/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +100, CW: no change, ABC: – 4, CBS: -12, NBC: -28

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean household overnight sweep for CBS care of its combination of “NCIS” (#1 for the evening: 8.0 rating/13 share at 8 p.m.), “Bull” (7.0/11 at 9 p.m.) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (5.5/10 at 10 p.m.). But the home of “The Voice,” NBC, could still be the network to beat in adults 18-49 (and all the key demographics). “The Voice” opened the night with a second-place 6.2/10 in the 8 p.m. hour, followed by also No. 2 finishes for 9 p.m. holiday special “Gwen Stefani’s You Make Me Feel Like Christmas” (4.5/ 7) and Tuesday 10 p.m. ET occupant “Chicago PD” (4.1/ 7).

Also in the specials department last night was “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2017” on The CW at a modest 0.8/ 1 (#5) at 8 p.m. That led into a 0.6/ 1 (#5) for an encore telecast of “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” at 9 p.m.

Elsewhere, ABC’s freshman “Kevin (Probably) Can Wait” sunk to a series-low 1.7/ 3 in the household overnights at 10 p.m. Sixteen episodes have been ordered for this first, and probably last season of the Jason Ritter drama. Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net was the 8-10 p.m. sitcom rotation – “The Middle” (#3: 3.8/ 6), “Fresh Off the Boat” (#4: 2.5/ 4), “black-ish” (#3: 2.9/ 5) and “The Mayor” (#3: 1.8/ 3) – at typical metered market levels.

Fox featured “Lethal Weapon” (#4: 3.0/ 5 at 8 p.m.) and back-to-back episodes of sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: avg. 1.4/ 2 from 9-10 p.m.).

What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, December 12 by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle”: 3.8/ 7 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 8.0/13 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.2/10 (#2)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 3.0/ 5 (#4)
CW – “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2017”: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Fresh Off the Boat”: 2.5/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS”: 8.1/13 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.6/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 3.0/ 5 (#4)
CW – “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2017”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 7.0/11 (#1)
NBC – “Gwen Stefani’s You Make Me Feel Like Christmas”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Mayor”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 7.1/12 (#1)
NBC – “Gwen Stefani’s You Make Me Feel Like Christmas”: 4.3/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”: 17/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.6/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.2/ 7 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”: 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.4/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.0/ 7 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research