Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 03/29/2016

NBC wins a second night in a row, behind the ratings force of THE VOICE. The talent competition series racked up 10.8 million viewers and a 2.3 rating in Adults 18-49, top numbers of the night. That represents flat viewership, from last week, but a decline in the A18-49 demographic by 8%. The return of CHICAGO MED rose the 9 PM hour by 2.3 million viewers and 28% in the demo, over last week's HEARTBEAT premiere. I think we can kiss HEARTBEAT good-bye come May.

CBS was the #2 network on the night, with encores from the two NCIS series and a new LATE LATE SHOW special, CARPOOL KARAOKE. KARAOKE only held 50% of its total viewership lead in and 75% of the A18-49 demo, but considering the lead in program, its not that horrible of a performance.

The CW was the #3 network of the night, thanks to a relatively strong outing by THE FLASH. The A18-49 demo was up 20% and the A18-34 demo jumped 22%, from last week's episode. THE FLASH tied for the second best A18-34 rating on the night and was fourth, overall, in the A18-49 demo.

FOX sucked just a little bit more than ABC, to be the last place network. Both nets lost to the CW in the A18-34 demographic. Both networks need to look to clean house on the night, for the fall 2016 schedule.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.20 million	0.6	0.9	1.1
CBS	7.80 million	0.6	1.1	1.6
CW	2.30 million	0.8	0.9	1.0
FOX	1.70 million	0.6	0.7	0.8
NBC	9.40 million	1.2	2.0	2.7

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Fresh Of The Boat	4.60	0.7	1.2	1.5
8:30	ABC	The Real O'Neals	3.80	0.6	1.0	1.4
9:00	ABC	Agents of Shield	3.20	0.7	1.0	1.2
10:00	ABC	Beyond The Tank	2.20	0.3	0.6	0.7
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	10.30	0.7	1.2	1.8
9:00	CBS	NCIS: New Orleans [R]	8.80	0.6	1.2	1.7
10:00	CBS	Late Late Show Karaoke	4.30	0.4	0.9	1.2
8:00	CW	The Flash	3.30	1.1	1.3	1.4
9:00	CW	iZombie	1.30	0.5	0.5	0.6
8:00	FOX	New Girl	2.20	0.8	0.9	1.1
8:30	FOX	Grandfather [R]	1.30	0.4	0.5	0.6
9:00	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	2.00	0.7	0.8	0.9
9:30	FOX	The Grinder [R]	1.30	0.3	0.4	0.5
8:00	NBC	The Voice	10.80	1.4	2.3	3.3
9:00	NBC	Chicago Med	8.60	1.1	1.8	2.4
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	8.70	1.1	1.8	2.3

* - in millions