Tuesday Overnights: CBS Wins; NBC is the Net to Beat in Adults 18-49

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 6.9/11, NBC: 5.6/ 9, ABC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 2.3/ 3, CW: 1.6/ 3

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +21, NBC: +14, ABC: no change, CW: – 6, CBS: – 7

-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS scored a typical Tuesday household overnight victory with its combination of scripted dramas (“NCIS”: #1 for the night, 8.6 rating/14 share at 8 p.m.), “Bull” (#2: 6.8/11 at 9 p.m.) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (#1: 5.4/9 at 10 p.m.). But NBC will clearly rule in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demographics) with its trio of “Ellen’s Game of Games” (#2: 4.8/ 7 at 8 p.m.), which was a season finale, sophomore sensation “This Is Us” (#1: 7.2/11 at 9 p.m.) and “Chicago Med” (#2: 4.8/ 9 at 10 p.m.). Riding off the wave of the post-“Super Bowl” momentum on Sunday, “This Is Us” was 11 percent above the 6.5/10 in the household overnights on the year-ago evening.

On ABC, soon-to-conclude sitcom “The Middle” remained the standout, with a third-place 3.9/ 6 in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. half-hour. Once the revival of “Roseanne” steps into the time period on March 27 (with an hour-long installment), “The Middle” will benefit as its 8:30 p.m. lead-out effective the following week.

Next on ABC was “Fresh Off the Boat,” which dipped to a fourth-place 2.6/ 4 at 8:30 p.m., followed by “black-ish” (#3: 2.7/ 4), a repeat of “Modern Family” (#4: 1.5/ 2) and failing freshman scripted hour “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” (#3: 1.7/ 3) from 9-11 p.m.

Elsewhere, sophomore “Lethal Weapon” on Fox remains a noticeable improvement over year-ago sitcoms “New Girl” and “The Mick,” with a 2.9/ 5 (#4) in the 8 p.m. hour. But the household overnight results for Fox comedies “LA to Vegas” (#4: 1.8/ 3) and ”The Mick” (#4: 1.5/ 2) continue to lack from 9-10 p.m.

The CW, meanwhile, featured “The Flash” (#5: 1.8/ 3 at 8 p.m.) and “Black Lightning” (#5: 1.4/ 2 at 9 p.m.), which dipped to a series low but is still an improvement over year-ago time period occupant “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow.”

What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, February 7th by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle”: 3.9/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 8.6/14 (#1)
NBC – “Ellen’s Game of Games”: 4.5/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 3.0/ 5 (#4)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.9/ 3 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Fresh Off the Boat”: 2.6/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS”: 8.6/14 (#1)
NBC – “Ellen’s Game of Games”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.8/ 3 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish”: 2.7/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 6.9/11 (#2)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 7.4/12 (#1)
Fox – “LA to Vegas”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Black Lightning”: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 6.7/11 (#2)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 7.1/11 (#1)
Fox – “The Mick”: 1.5/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Black Lightning”: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.6/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 5.0/ 9 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”: 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.3/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 4.7/ 9 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research