TV Ratings Report: The Conners Premieres Well Below Roseanne
Paul Dailly at .The Conners aka Roseanne minus Roseanne debuted on ABC Tuesday night, and as expected, it came in below the former series.
The Conners Season 1 Episode 1 secured a 2.3 rating (10.5 million viewers). That's down from Roseanne Season 10's average (13.5 million/3.5 rating) and the season finale (10.6 million/2.5 rating).
After that, The Kids Are Alright launched with a 1.4 rating (6.6 million), losing a lot of The Conners' demo.
Blackish returned with a 1.1 rating (4.5 million viewers), while Splitting Up Together had a 1.0 rating (3.7 million viewers).
The Rookie closed out ABC's night with a mere 1.0 rating (5.3 million). It's not a great start, but also not as bad as it could have been. It did build significantly from For The People's spring average.
The CW: The Flash (1.6 million/0.6 rating) and Black Lightning (1 million/0.3 rating) each slipped around 25 percent week-to-week.
NBC: The Voice (8.8 million/1.7 rating) and This Is Us (8.9 million/2.2 rating) each dropped a tenth, while New Amsterdam (6.4 million/1.2 rating) dived another two-tenths.
Fox: The Gifted (2 million/0.6 rating) dipped a tenth while Lethal Weapon (2.9 million/0.7 rating) was steady.
CBS: NCIS (11.7 million/1.2 rating) and NCIS: New Orleans (7.4 million/0.8 rating) dropped, but FBI (9.4 million/1.0 rating) was right on par with one week earlier.
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