Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 11/17/15

CHICAGO MED may not be the next NBC hit series, but it should be another solid performer for the network. The third series in the "CHICAGO" franchise, CHICAGO MED collected 8.6 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in Adults 18-49. It held onto 77% of THE VOICE lead in viewers and only dropped less than 20% in the A18-49 viewers. NBC has a chance of now being competitive in early 2016, without football or THE VOICE to prop up the numbers.

NBC was the #1 network in the young demographics. All three programs won their respective time slots, in the demos, and swept the 10 p.m. time slot.

CBS was a solid #2, winning the night in total viewers and second in all three demos. NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and LIMITLESS each saw viewer gains, over last week.

ABC continues to struggle on the night. Good news is that the SHARK TANK encore did improve the time slot from what the bomb WICKED CITY had posted last week.

FOX and The CW were neck-and-neck for 4th place. THE FLASH was the best rated program between the two networks, grabbing 3.3 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.30 million	0.6	1.1	1.3
CBS	12.30 million	0.9	1.7	2.5
CW	2.30 million	0.8	0.9	1.0
FOX	2.60 million	0.8	0.9	1.1
NBC	9.20 million	1.4	2.2	3.0

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Muppets	3.90	0.7	1.2	1.5
8:30	ABC	Fresh Off The Boat	3.80	0.9	1.4	1.7
9:00	ABC	Agents of SHIELD	3.60	0.7	1.3	1.5
10:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	2.50	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	CBS	NCIS	16.50	1.1	2.1	3.2
9:00	CBS	NCIS: New Orleans	12.90	0.8	1.6	2.5
10:00	CBS	Limitless	7.60	0.8	1.4	1.9
8:00	CW	The Flash	3.30	1.1	1.3	1.4
9:00	CW	iZombie	1.30	0.5	0.5	0.5
8:00	FOX	Grandfathered	3.00	0.8	1.0	1.2
8:30	FOX	The Grinder	2.40	0.6	0.9	1.1
9:00	FOX	Scream Queens	2.40	0.9	0.9	1.0
8:00	NBC	The Voice	11.10	1.6	2.6	3.5
9:00	NBC	Chicago Med	8.60	1.4	2.2	2.9
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	7.90	1.3	1.9	2.6

* - in millions