RATINGS RECAP: 3/8/16

ABC
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:30 The Real O'Neals
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Of Kings and Prophets
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

CBS
8:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Limitless
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 13.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
10:00 Little Big Shots
Viewers: 12.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9

FOX
8:00 New Girl
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
8:30 Grandfathered
Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:30 The Grinder (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5

It was a tale of two premieres on Tuesday night with Little Big Shots shining and Of Kings and Prophets bombing. On NBC, week two of Tuesday's The Voice was up 1.3 million viewers and a tenth in the demo. It led into a sneak preview of Little Big Shots and the new unscripted show was a smash success, delivering a stunning 12.8 million viewers and 2.9 demo. Steve Harvey continues to be a big draw (for some reason) and the show was very compatible with The Voice. Now it must head to Sundays, but this was a tremendous sampling. NBC has to be thrilled. Among series premieres this year, only Blindspot and Supergirl delivered better premieres. On FOX, only the first hour was new. New Girl was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo for Zooey Deschanel's return while Grandfathered was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo.

On ABC, Fresh Off the Boat was the lone bright spot, as usual. It was up three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo from its last airing two weeks ago. It definitely deserved its renewal. At 8:30pm, The Real O'Neals had its timeslot premiere and delivered a disappointing 1.1 demo. This isn't instant pull territory by any means but probably not enough to help it with ABC's deep comedy bench. At 9pm, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returned to a new series low 1.1 demo. It was above recent Marvel's Agent Carter episodes, but disappointing for S.H.I.E.L.D. Then Kings premiered even weaker than Wicked City in the fall and that show got pulled after three airings. This is likely to be in the 0.5 demo range next week. Could it be two and done? Either way, it's an instant bomb for ABC. Finally on CBS, Limitless was the only new show and it was down half a million viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Little Big Shots (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Of Kings and Prophets (ABC)

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