Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Tuesday, March 28, 2017
“The Flash” avoided setting a new series low in Tuesday’s final ratings. The CW show adjusted up a tenth of a point from its early adults 18-49 rating to finish at 0.9 — which is tied with its series low but at least didn’t move the floor lower.
The first of two “American Housewife” reruns on ABC (0.8) also adjusted up a tenth. “Legends of Tomorrow” (0.5) came down a tenth for The CW.
Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in blue; downward adjustments are in red.
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | The Voice (NBC) | 2.1/8 | 10.22 |
| NCIS (CBS) | 1.6/6 | 14.35 | |
| New Girl (FOX) | 0.9/3 | 2.16 | |
| The Middle (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 3.81 | |
| The Flash (The CW) | 0.9/3 | 2.39 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Mick (FOX) | 0.9/3 | 2.41 |
| American Housewife (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 3.02 | |
| 9 p.m. | Bull (CBS) | 1.3/5 | 10.90 |
| Trial & Error (NBC) | 1.0/4 | 4.25 | |
| Bones (FOX) – F | 1.0/4 | 4.35 | |
| American Housewife (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 2.95 | |
| Legends of Tomorrow (The CW) | 0.5/2 | 1.59 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Trial & Error (NBC) | 0.8/3 | 3.23 |
| Fresh Off the Boat (ABC) – R | 0.7/3 | 2.54 | |
| 10 p.m. | Chicago Fire (NBC) | 1.4/5 | 6.68 |
| NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | 1.1/4 | 9.17 | |
| People Icons (ABC) | 0.5/2 | 2.13 |
Network averages:
| CBS | NBC | FOX | ABC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.4/5 | 1.4/5 | 0.9/3 | 0.7/3 | 0.7/3 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 11.47 | 6.88 | 3.32 | 2.76 | 1.99 |
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
