Tuesday Overnights: Respectable Sampling for ‘Black Lightning’ on The CW

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 5.7/ 9, CBS: 5.1/ 8, ABC and Fox: 2.6/ 4 each, CW: 1.8/ 3

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CW: +200, Fox: +37, NBC: +14, ABC: + 4, CBS: -34

-Ratings Breakdown:
“Ellen’s Game of Games” opened on dominant NBC with a second-place 5.3 rating/9 share at 8 p.m., which was 32 percent above the 4.0/ 6 for game show “The Wall” on the year-ago evening.

Next on NBC was sophomore “This Is Us,” which topped the night at a 6.7/10 in the 9 p.m. hour, followed by reliable “Chicago Med” at a dominant 4.9/ 9 at 10 p.m. Comparably, “Chicago Med” bested a repeat of “Bull” on CBS (#2: 3.8/ 7) and ABC’s struggling “Kevin (Probably) Saved the World” (#3: 1.9/ 3) by 29 percent and 158 percent, respectively.

In series-premiere news, action drama “Black Lightning” on The CW was adequately sampled, with a 1.7/ 3 (#4t) in the household overnights at 9 p.m. out of a 1.9/ 3 for lead-in “The Flash.” Comparably, failed year-ago time period occupant “No Tomorrow” on The CW only scored a 0.4/ 1 in Tuesday 9 p.m. time period (on 1/17/17).

Earlier in the evening on CBS were encore telecasts of “NCIS” (#1: 6.0/10) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (#2: 5.5/ 9) from 8-10 p.m.

In series-premiere news, action drama “Black Lightning” on The CW was adequately sampled, with a 1.7/ 3 (#4t) in the household overnights at 9 p.m. out of a 1.9/ 3 for lead-in “The Flash.” Comparably, failed year-ago time period occupant “No Tomorrow” on The CW only scored a 0.4/ 1 in Tuesday 9 p.m. time period (on 1/17/17).

Earlier in the evening on CBS were encore telecasts of “NCIS” (#1: 6.0/10) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (#2: 5.5/ 9) from 8-10 p.m.

Elsewhere, ABC had nothing unusual to repeat with its 8-10 p.m. sitcom rotation of “The Middle” (#3: 4.1/ 6), “Fresh Off the Boat” (#4: 2.6/ 4), “black-ish” (#3: 2.7/ 4) and a repeat of “Modern Family” (#3: 2.0/ 3). The long awaited return of “Roseanne” on March 27 will, no doubt, ignite the evening for the alphabet net. And Fox featured its regularly scheduled combination of “Lethal Weapon” (#3: 3.4/ 5) and sitcoms “LA to Vegas” (#4: 2.0/ 4), which recently had its first season episode order increased by three episodes, and sophomore “The Mick” (#5: 1.6/ 3), which has lost ground at 9:30 p.m.

What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, January 16 half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle”: 4.1/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 6.1/10 (#1)
NBC – “Ellen’s Game of Games”: 5.0/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 3.5/ 6 (#4)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.9/ 3 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Fresh Off the Boat”: 2.6/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 5.9/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Ellen’s Game of Games”: 5.6/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 3.4/ 5 (#4)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.9/ 3 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish”: 2.7/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 5.5/ 9 (#2)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 6.9/11 (#1)
Fox – “LA to Vegas”: 2.0/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Black Lightning” (series premiere): 1.7/ 3 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 5.5/ 9 (#2)
NBC – “This Is Us”: 6.6/10 (#1)
Fox – “The Mick”: 1.6/ 3 (#5)
CW – “Black Lightning” (series premiere): 1.8/ 3 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”: 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 3.9/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 5.0/ 9 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 3.8/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 4.8/ 9 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research