TV Ratings Tuesday: ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Returns Low, ‘About a Boy’ Strong, ‘The Voice’ & ‘New Girl’ Up, ‘Mind Games’ Tumbles

NBC was the number one network in adults 18-49, while CBS won with total viewers.

On NBC, The Voice notched a 4.0 up 8 percent from last week’s 3.7 adults 18-49 rating. About A Boy scored a 2.6 up 13 percent from a 2.3 for last week’s pilot rebroadcast. Growing Up Fisher matched the 2.0 adults 18-49 rating for last week’s pilot rebroadcast.  Chicago Fire earned a 1.9 up 6 percent from last week’s season low 1.8 adults 18-49 rating.

On CBS NCIS scored a season low 2.4 down 8 percent from last week’s 2.6 adults 18-49 rating. NCIS: Los Angeles garnered a series low 2.1 down 9 percent from last week’s 2.3  adults 18-49 rating. Person of Interest earned a series low 1.7 down 6 percent from last week’s 1.8 adults 18-49 rating.

On ABC, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.EL.D.  earned a series low 1.7 adults 18-49 rating down 23 percent from a 2.2 for its most recent original. Your predictions were way too optimistic.  The Goldbergs scored a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating, even with its most recent new episode. Trophy Wife scored a series low 0.8 adults 18-49 rating down 11 percent from a 0.9 for its most recent episode.  Mind Games garnered a 0.6, dropping a steep 45 percent from a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating for last week’s premiere.

On FOX, Glee earned a 1.0 down 17 percent from last week’s 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. The episode that aired on Thanksgiving earned a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating, so this was not a season or series low. New Girl earned a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, up 7 percent from last week’s 1.4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine matched last week’s 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.

On The CW, The Originals matched last week’s 0.8 adults 18-49 rating. Supernatural earned a 0.9 down 10 percent from last week’s 1.0 adults 18-49 rating.

Broadcast primetime ratings for Tuesday, March 4, 2014 

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via NBC press note:

• In Nielsen’s 56 metered markets, household results were: “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” 3.5/9; CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” 2.3/6; and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” 1.7/5.

• In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “Tonight,” 1.4/7; “Late Show,” 0.5/2; and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” 0.6/3.

• From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC’s “Nightline” averaged a 1.1/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

• From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (1.7/6 in metered-market households) beat CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” (1.1/4).  In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “Late Night” (0.7/5 in 18-49) topped “Late Late Show” (0.3/2).

• At 1:35 a.m., “Last Call with Carson Daly” averaged a 1.0/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.