With the premiere of its new Tuesday comedy lineup from 8:00-10:00 p.m. against NBC's "The Voice"/"This Is Us" and debut of "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" at 10:00 p.m., ABC ranked No. 2 on Tuesday night in Adults 18-49 (1.3/5), beating CBS' "NCIS"-led drama lineup by 8% (1.2/5) and Fox's drama/comedy lineup by 33% (0.9/3 for "Lethal Weapon"/"The Mick"/"Brooklyn Nine-Nine").
At 8:00 p.m., the final season premiere of ABC's "The Middle" surged over its May finale (on 5/16/17) by 15% in Total Viewers (6.1 million vs. 5.3 million) and by 33% in Adults 18-49 (1.6/6 vs. 1.2/6) drawing its largest audience since March and tying its top rating since January - since 3/7/17 and 1/17/17, respectively. "The Middle" was Tuesday's top comedy. At 8:30 p.m., ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" jumped from its May closer (on 5/16/17) by 25% in Total Viewers (4.5 million vs. 3.6 million) and by 30% in Adults 18-49 (1.3/5 vs. 1.0/4) to its most watched telecast on the night in 1 year, while topping its last 13 originals on the evening in young adults to earn its highest rating of 2017 - since 10/11/16 and 1/3/17, respectively. Building on its lead-in at 9:00 p.m. (+15%) and moving from Wednesday following "Modern Family" for the first time in 3 seasons to anchor ABC's Tuesday comedy block, ABC's "black-ish" grew over its May finale out of "Modern Family" (on 5/10/17) by 15% in Adults 18-49 (1.5/5 vs. 1.3/5), outrating its last 5 originals on Wednesday night - since 3/29/17. Dominating its comedy competition in the half-hour, "black-ish" beat out Fox's "The Mick" by 89% in Total Viewers (4.7 million vs. 2.5 million) and by 67% in Adults 18-49 (1.5/5 vs. 0.9/3).Videos