Tuesday Overnights: ABC’s ‘Videos After Dark’ Left at the Starting Gate

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 6.3/11, ABC: 4.7/ 8, NBC: 4.5/ 8, Fox: 2.1/ 4, CW: 1.0/ 2

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +57, CW: -12, NBC: -26, CBS: -33, Fox: -36

Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean household overnight sweep for CBS on this second March Tuesday care of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 7.9 rating/13 share at 8 p.m.), “FBI” (6.1/10 at 9 p.m.) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (4.9/ 9 at 10 p.m.). But the two-hour season finale of “The Bachelor” (subtitled “After the Final Rose”) scored a season-high 6.0/10 from 8-10 p.m., which should be enough for ABC to dominate the evening in adults 18-49.

The series premiere of ABC’s “Videos After Dark,” hosted by Bob Saget, however, was left at the starting gate with a 2.0/ 3 in households at 10 p.m. Comparably, that trailed CBS’ aforementioned “NCIS: New Orleans” (#1: 4.9/ 9) and “New Amsterdam” on NBC (#2: 4.2/ 8) by 59 percent and 52 percent, respectively. Saget, of course, was the original host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”

Earlier in the evening on NBC was “Ellen’s Game of Games” (#3: 3.4/ 6) and tearjerker “This Is Us” (#3: 5.7/10) from 8-10 p.m.

In season premiere news was “MasterChef Junior” on Fox at a modest 2.1/ 4 from 8-10 p.m. Next Tuesday, “MasterChef Junior” debuts into new game show “Mental Samurai.” And The CW was at typical Tuesday overnight levels care of “The Flash” (#5: 1.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.) and “Roswell, New Mexico” (#5: 0.7/ 1 at 9 p.m.).

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

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose”: 6.4/11 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS”: 7.9/14 (#1)
NBC – “Ellen’s Game of Games”: 3.2/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior” (season premiere): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose”: 6.2/10 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS”: 7.9/13 (#1)
NBC – “Ellen’s Game of Games”: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior” (season premiere): 2.2/ 4 (#4)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose”: 5.8/10 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 6.1/10 (#1)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 6.0/10 (#2)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior” (season premiere): 2.0/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Roswell, New Mexico”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose”: 5.6/ 9 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 6.1/10 (#1)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 5.9/10 (#2)
Fox – “MasterChef Junior” (season premiere): 2.0/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Roswell, New Mexico”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Videos After Dark” (series premiere): 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 4.9/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “New Amsterdam”: 4.3/ 8 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Videos After Dark” (series premiere): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 4.8/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “New Amsterdam”: 4.1/ 8 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research