The bad news: Tuesday’s “This Is Us,” which faced competition from “The Bachelor: After The Final Rose,” was the lowest-rated episode since Halloween.<\/p>\n
The good news: “This Is Us” still won the head-to-head battle with ABC’s reality juggernaut.<\/p>\n
According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, Tuesday’s “This Is Us” drew a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 8.81 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n
The numbers trail the 2.5 rating and 9.74 million viewer tally posted by last week’s episode. They, moreover, rank as the second-lowest marks of the season (and lowest marks for a non-holiday episode).<\/p>\n
Only the aforementioned Halloween broadcast (2.0, 8.43 million viewers) drew lower numbers. In addition to the impact of Halloween, that episode faced competition from the World Series.<\/p>\n
“This Is Us” nonetheless topped “The Bachelor” in the 9PM hour. ABC’s program drew a 2.1 rating and 7.45 million viewers from 9-10PM (the 8PM hour posted a 2.2 and 7.95 million).<\/p>\n
“This Is Us,” moreover, ranked as its timeslot’s #1 show in adults 18-49. CBS’ older-skewing “Bull” won the hour in terms of overall audience (1.1 rating, 10.02 million viewers).<\/p>\n
— NBC’s Tuesday also included “The Voice” (2.1, 9.93 million) and “Chicago Med” (1.4, 7.10 million).<\/p>\n
— ABC’s Tuesday also included the season (and likely series) finale of “Kevin (Probably) Saves The World” (0.7, 2.59 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“This Is Us” took a hit against the “The Bachelor: After The Final Rose.”","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[233,4086,210,1549,177,582],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n