Tuesday night was a relatively down night for TV overall (except for NBC and ABC), with some notable exceptions. NBC's This Is Us and Chicago Fire each rose a tenth, while the Wall stayed flat. ABC's The Middle was able to stay steady with last week, but American Housewife took a small dip. The 9 PM combo each rose a tenth while SHIELD stayed steady. On Fox, New Girl ticked up, but the recently-renewed Mick decided it was time to go fractional. It lead into a lower episode of Bones. The CW's superhero duo returned from a week off to one-tenth-lower numbers. CBS's NCIS dipped a tenth and NCIS: New Orleans dipped one following last week's crossover.
Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary ratings.
| 
Time | 
Show | 
18-49 Rating/Share | 
Viewers (mil) | 
Channel | 
| 
8 PM | 
NCIS | 1.6/6 | 14.68 | 
CBS | 
| 
The Middle | 1.5/6 | 6.25 | 
ABC | |
| 
The Wall (F) | 1.4/6 | 5.90 | 
NBC | |
| 
The Flash | 1.0/4 | 2.74 | 
The CW | |
| 
New Girl | 1.0/4 | 2.28 | 
Fox | |
| 
8:30 PM | 
American Housewife | 1.4/5 | 5.17 | 
ABC | 
| 
The Mick | 0.9/3 | 2.39 | 
Fox | |
| 
9 PM | 
This Is Us | 2.5/9 | 9.37 | 
NBC | 
| 
Bull | 1.3/5 | 10.56 | 
CBS | |
| 
Fresh Off the Boat | 1.1/4 | 3.78 | 
ABC | |
| 
Bones | 0.7/3 | 2.88 | 
Fox | |
| 
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow | 0.6/3 | 1.67 | 
The CW | |
| 
9:30 PM | 
The Real O’Neals | 0.9/3 | 2.91 | 
ABC | 
| 
10 PM | 
Chicago Fire | 1.6/6 | 7.06 | 
NBC | 
| 
NCIS: New Orleans | 1.1/5 | 9.41 | 
CBS | |
| 
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD | 0.6/3 | 2.05 | 
ABC | 

