Sluggish Return for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ on Fox

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 4.9/ 8, NBC: 3.0/ 5, ABC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 1.8/ 3, CW: 0.6/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +26, Fox: +20, CBS: -14, CW: -33, NBC: -51

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS still dominated the Tuesday overnights despite airing all repeats with its combination of “NCIS” (#1: for the night – 5.6 rating/10 share), “Bull” (#1: 4.8/ 8) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (#1: 4.2/ 7). If it is not “broke” you don’t need to “fix it,” so I imagine this CBS Tuesday line-up will remain intact next season. The network will present its fall 2017 programming plans to advertisers on Wednesday, May 17th in New York City.

On Fox, sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” returned with minimal interest at a fourth-place 1.5/ 3 in the 8 p.m. half-hour. Comparably, that was equal to the season (or series) finale of “New Girl” one week earlier. Since “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” now in season four, has enough episodes available for off-network, a fifth season renewal may not be in the cards. Fox presents its lineup to advertisers in New York on Monday, May 15th.

Next on Fox was already renewed freshman comedy “The Mick” (#4: 1.5/ 3), which the critics have taken positive notice of, followed by episode two of the long-awaited season five of drama “Prison Break” at a 2.1/ 4 (#4) from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, that was 16 percent below the 2.5/ 4 one week earlier, but that translated into a 2.1 rating/7 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live+3 Day data, which was Fox’s highest-rated Tuesday entertainment telecast in over 18 months. In other words, there is more to success, or lack of, than the household overnights.

NBC’s “The Voice” was a clips edition last night, and that resulted in a second-place 5.1/ 9 in the household overnights from 8-9 p.m. Two more episodes of failing sitcom “Trial & Error” followed, with a 2.4/ 4 (#2t) at 9 p.m. and a 1.8/ 3 (#4) at 9:30 p.m. And they led into an encore telecast of “Chicago Fire” at a second-place 1.9/ 4 at 10 p.m. Last in the 10 p.m. hour was Marvel’s “Agents of SHIELD” on ABC at a typically lackluster 1.6/ 3.

Earlier in the evening on ABC, Patricia Heaton reunited with her former “Everybody Loves Raymond” co-star on veteran sitcom “The Middle,” which scored a third-place 3.6/ 6 in the 8 p.m. half-hour. Next was expected-to-be renewed freshman entry “American Housewife” at a 2.9/ 5 at 8:30 p.m. (#3), followed by “Fresh off the Boat” (#2t: 2.4/ 4) and recent entry “Imaginary Mary” (#3: 2.2/ 4) from 9-10 p.m. Chalk up another clinker for Jenna Elfman post-“Dharma & Greg.”

Over at The CW, a repeat of “The Flash” (#5: 0.6/ 1 at 8 p.m.) led into a 0.7/ 1 for recent returnee “iZombie” (#5) at 9 p.m.

What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, April 11 by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 5.6/10 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice” (R): 5.1/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (return): 1.5/ 3 (#4)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Housewife”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 5.7/10 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice” (R): 5.1/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “The Mick”: 1.5/ 3 (#4)
CW – “The Flash” (R: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Fresh Off the Boat”: 2.4/ 4 (#2t)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 4.8/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Trial & Error”: 2.4/ 4 (#2t)
Fox – “Prison Break”: 2.1/ 4 (#4)
CW – “iZombie”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Imaginary Mary”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 4.7/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Trial & Error”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)
Fox – “Prison Break”: 2.2/ 4 (#2)
CW – “iZombie”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Agents of SHIELD”: 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 4.2/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Fire” (R): 1.9/ 3 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Agents of SHIELD”: 1.5/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 4.1/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Fire” (R): 1.9/ 4 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research