Tuesday Overnights: ‘The Voice’ Fall Season Ender Leads NBC to Victory

TUESDAY 12/18/18

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 5.8/10, CBS: 3.9/ 7, ABC: 2.0/ 4, Fox: 1.1/ 2, CW: 0.7/ 1

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: +22, CW: no change, NBC: – 5, ABC: -23, Fox: -27

Ratings Breakdown:
It was all about NBC, as expected, with the fall edition season finale at a dominant 6.3 rating/11 share in the overnight households from 9-11 p.m. ET. Comparably, that was six percent below the 6.7/12 fall season-ender on the year-ago evening.

Also original last night were CW holiday specials “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown” (#5: 0.9/ 2 at 8 p.m.) and “Greatest Holiday Video Countdown” (0.6/ 1 at 9 p.m.). The remainder of the evening was repeats.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Tuesday, December 18 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Conners” (R): 3.2/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 4.6/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice” (clips edition): 4.7/ 8 (#1)
Fox – “The Gifted” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown”: 0.9/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Kids Are Alright”: 2.2/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 4.8/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice” (clips edition): 4.7/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “The Gifted” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown”: 0.9/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish” (R): 1.9/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “FBI” (R): 3.9/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “The Voice”: (season finale): 6.5/11 (#1)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)
CW – “Greatest Holiday Video Countdown”: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Splitting Up Together” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “FBI” (R): 3.8/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “The Voice”: (season finale): 6.3/11 (#1)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon”: 0.9/ 1 (#5)
CW – “Greatest Holiday Video Countdown”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Rookie” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 3.3/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “The Voice”: (season finale): 6.2/11 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Rookie” (R): 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 3.2/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “The Voice”: (season finale): 6.2/12 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research