Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 08/16/2016

NBC's Tuesday night ratings were very similar to Monday night's ratings. Viewership dropped just 500,000, night -to-night, while the three demo categories were down just a couple tenths of a point. Week-to-week, viewership was down a whopping 9.6 million viewers and the A18-49 demographic lost 32%. When comparing to the 2012 games, NBC saw losses of 6.3 million viewers and a drop of close to three full points in the A18-49 demo.

ABC edged out CBS for the distant #2 spot, thanks to a decent showing by BACHELOR IN PARADISE. The reality series posted a 1.0 rating in the A18-34 demo and 4.3 million viewers. CBS' ZOO was second in the 9 PM time slot, besting AFTER PARADISE.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.80 million	0.6	0.8	0.9
CBS	4.80 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
CW	0.80 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.20 million	0.3	0.3	0.5
NBC	23.80 million	4.8	6.8	8.3

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Bachelor In Paradise	4.30	1.0	1.3	1.5
9:00	ABC	After Paradise	2.60	0.4	0.6	0.8
10:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	1.50	0.3	0.4	0.5
10:30	ABC	Fresh Off the Boat [R]	1.30	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	6.50	0.4	0.8	1.2
9:00	CBS	Zoo	4.10	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	CBS	NCIS: NO [R]	3.90	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	0.90	0.3	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	MAD TV [R]	0.60	0.2	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine [R]	1.30	0.3	0.4	0.6
8:30	FOX	New Girl [R]	0.90	0.3	0.3	0.4
9:00	FOX	Lucifer [R]	1.30	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	NBC	Summer Olympics: Night 11	23.80	4.8	6.8	8.3

* - viewers in millions