GRANDFATHERED and THE GRINDER had rather soft openings for Fox on Tuesday thanks to some tough competition from THE VOICE and NCIS and ABC saw a week 2 drop for its returning series (particularly for THE MUPPETS). LIMITLESS, over on CBS, matched its ratings from last week, which must be making CBS happy.
In terms of total viewers, CBS won the night (12.7 million), followed by NBC (10.9 million), ABC (4.8 million) and Fox (4.3 million). See all numbers below (live + same day total viewers & adults 18-49 ratings).
ABC
8 p.m. THE MUPPETS 5.8 million, 2.0 rating (last week: 9 million, 2.9 rating)
8:30 p.m. FRESH OFF THE BOAT 4.8 million, 1.7 rating (last week: 6.1 million, 1.9 rating)
9 p.m. MARVEL’S AGENTS of S.H.I.E.L.D. 4.8 million, 1.7 rating (last year: 2.0 rating)
10 p.m. QUANTICO (repeat) 4.2 million, 1.0 rating
CBS
8 p.m. NCIS 16.0 million, 2.1 rating (last week: 18.2 million, 2.5 rating)
9 p.m. NCIS: NEW ORLEANS 12.6 million, 1.7 rating (last week: 12.6 million, 1.7 rating)
10 p.m. LIMITLESS 9.6 million, 1.9 rating (last week: 9.9 million, 1.9 rating)
Fox
8 p.m. GRANDFATHERED 5.3 million, 1.5 rating
8:30 p.m. THE GRINDER 4.9 million, 1.5 rating
9 p.m. SCREAM QUEENS 3.6 million, 1.4 rating (last week: 4 million, 1.7 rating)
NBC
8 p.m. THE VOICE 13.3 million, 3.6 rating (last week: 12.4 million, 3.5 rating)
10 p.m. BEST TIME EVERY WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS 6.3 million, 2.0 rating (last week: 5.9 million, 2.1 rating)
In addition, Nielson reports that the following shows/specials were the most tweeted about of the night:
(1) SCREAM QUEENS
(2) THE VOICE
(3) MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
(4) BAD GIRL’S CLUB: BACK FOR MORE
(5) THE GRINDER