Tuesday Overnights: Minor Week-to-Week Erosion for ABC Newbies ‘Mixed-ish’ and ‘Emergence’

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 6.4/11, NBC: 5.4/ 9, ABC: 3.0/ 5, Fox: 2.8/ 5, CW: 0.4/ 1

Percent Change From Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +40, CBS: – 2, NBC: -13, ABC: -19, CW: -20

Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean Tuesday overnight household sweep for CBS care of its established line-up of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 8.3 rating/15 share at 8 p.m.), sophomore “FBI” (6.3/11 at 9 p.m.) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (4.7/ 9 at 10 p.m.). But NBC is the network to beat in adults 18-49 thanks to the 8-10 p.m. pairing of “The Voice” (#2: 6.4/11) and “This Is Us” (#2: 5.8/10).

At 10 p.m. on NBC was sophomore medicial drama “New Amsterdam” at a second-place 4.0/ 8, which bested week two of ABC drama “Emergence” (#3: 2.8/ 5) by 43 percent. Week-to-week, “Emergence” was down by 10 percent from its 3.1/ 6 debut.

Also in week two news was ABC sitcom “Mixed-ish” at a distant third-place 2.8/ 5 in the 9 p.m. half-hour, which was also down from premiere week by 10 percent. “Mixed-ish” led into parent series “Black-ish” at a 2.5/ 4 (#3t) at 9:30 p.m.).

Earlier in the evening on ABC were 8-9 p.m. sophomore sitcoms “The Conners” (#3: 4.5/ 8) and “Bless This Mess” (#4: 2.8/ 5). For more on “The Conners,” click here

Elsewhere, Fox made the wise decision to end “Empire” this season, which scored a modest 2.5/ 4 (#4) at 9 p.m. out of a 3.1/ 5 (#4) for medical drama “The Resident.” And The CW featured two episodes (including the season finale) of sci-fi drama “Pandora” as follows:

What follows is the overnight results for this first Tuesday of the new TV season by half-hour and by show:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Conners”: 4.3/ 8 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 8.3/15 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.1/11 (#2)
Fox – “The Resident”: 3.1/ 5 (#4)
CW – “Pandora”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Bless This Mess”: 2.8/ 5 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS”: 8.4/14 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.6/11 (#2)
Fox – “The Resident”: 3.0/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Pandora”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Mixed-ish”: 2.8/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “FBI”: 6.3/11 (#1)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 6.0/10 (#2)
Fox – “Empire”: 2.5/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Pandora” (season finale): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Black-ish”: 5.5/ 9 (#2)
CBS – “FBI”: 6.3/11 (#1)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 5.5/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “Empire”: 2.4/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Pandora” (season finale): 0.3/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Emergence”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 4.8/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “New Amsterdam: 4.2/ 8 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Emergence”: 2.7/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 4.5/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “New Amsterdam: 3.8/ 8 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research