NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ and CBS’ ‘Bull’ Remain the Biggest New Hit Series of the Season

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 7.5/12, NBC: 5.7/ 9, ABC: 3.3/ 5, CW: 1.4/ 2, Fox: 1.3/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +43, CBS: – 1, NBC: -10, CW: -22, Fox: -28

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-Winners:
NCIS (CBS), The Voice (NBC), The Flash (CW), This Is Us (NBC), Bull (CBS)

-Losers:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox), New Girl (Fox), “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC), “The Real O’Neals” (ABC), Scream Queens (Fox), No Tomorrow (CW)

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Ratings Breakdown:
CBS remains the network to beat this season in the Tuesday overnights, besting No. 2 NBC by 44 percent in households last night. But the home of “The Voice” and “This is Us” will dominate in adults 18-49 (and all the key demos).

Competing against each other, “Bull” on CBS and aforementioned “This Is Us” on NBC remained bona fide new hits. “Bull” topped the 9 p.m. hour, with a 7.5 rating/12 share in the household overnights. Comparably, “Bull” held a comfortable 82 percent of its “NCIS” lead-in (#1 for the night: 9.1/14 at 8 p.m.). And “This Is Us” scored a solid second-place 6.4/10, which completely held its “The Voice” lead-in (#2: 6.3/10 at 8 p.m.) and built from the debut of year-time period occupant “Chicago Med” (5.7/ 9 on 11/17/15) by 12 percent.
Also on the two nets was “NCIS: New Orleans” (#1: 5.8/10) and “Chicago PD” (#2: 4.4/ 8), which remain respectable options in the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour. ABC countered in the time period last night with special “David Blaine: Beyond Magic” at a 3.5/ 6.

Earlier in the evening on ABC, sitcoms “The Middle” (#3: 4.1/ 7) and recently full season-renewed “American Housewife” (#3: 3.6/ 6), combined, outdelivered year-ago time period occupants “The Muppets” and “Fresh Off the Boat,” each with a 2.5/ 4, by an average of 54 percent. But relocated (and over-rated) “Fresh Off the Boat” slipped to a 2.8/ 4 in the 9 p.m. half-hour, followed by sophomore “The Real O’Neals” at a 2.3/ 4 at 9:30 p.m. In other words, ABC has problems on Tuesday outside of the 8 p.m. hour.

As for “The Middle,” am I the only viewer wondering why Axl (Charlie McDermott) and Sue (Eden Sher) are always home when they are supposed to be away at college?
Elsewhere, The CW is solid at 8 p.m. care of its top-rated series, “The Flash,” at a 2.3/ 4. Comparably, “The Flash” bested competing Fox sitcoms “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#5: 1.6/ 3) and “New Girl” (#5: 1.5/ 2), by an average of 48 percent. And both “Scream Queens” on Fox (#4: 1.0/ 2) and recent CW entry “No Tomorrow” (#5: 0.6/ 1) both failed to generate any interest at 9 p.m.
What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, November 15 by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle”: 4.1/ 7 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 9.0/14 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.2/10 (#2)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”: 1.6/ 3 (#5)
CW – “The Flash”: 2.3/ 4 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Housewife”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 9.2/14 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.4/10 (#2)
Fox – “New Girl” 1.5/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Flash”: 2.2/ 3 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Fresh Off the Boat”: 2.8/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 7.6/12 (#1)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 6.5/10 (#2)
Fox – “Scream Queens”: 1.0/ 2 (#4)
CW – “No Tomorrow”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Real O’Neals”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 7.4/12 (#1)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 6.2/10 (#2)
Fox – “Scream Queens”: 1.0/ 2 (#4)
CW – “No Tomorrow”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “David Blaine: Beyond Magic”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 6.0/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.6/ 8 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “David Blaine: Beyond Magic”: 3.4/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.7/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.3/ 8 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research