Ratings: Kennedy Center Honors Ties Record Low

It didn’t have much to go up against, but CBS topped Tuesday primetime with some reruns and the Kennedy Center Honors special. But that doesn’t mean it was a particularly good night for America’s most-watched network.

The year-ago Kennedy Center Honors had a 1.2 rating/4 share in the key 18-49 demographic and about 9.3 million viewers overall. This year, it tied a record low 0.9 rating, which it previously had fell to in 2013. The show two-years-ago marked a low of a rounded 7.2 million viewers; this one was up around 7.5 million — still down quite a bit year over year.

Still, the Nielsen marks were good enough for the outright broadcast win last night, as aside from the awards ceremony, no other shows on the English-language networks were even originals.

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CBS was first in ratings with a 1.0 rating/3 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 8.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. Following reruns, the Kennedy Center Honors special aired from 9 p.m. to 11.

NBC and Univision tied for second in ratings, both with a 0.8/3. NBC was second in total viewers with 4.1 million; Univision was fourth with 2.1 million.

Telemundo was fourth in ratings with a 0.7/2 and fifth in viewers with 2 million.

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ABC was fifth in ratings with a 0.6/2, but third in viewers with 2.5 million.

Fox was sixth in ratings with a 0.5/2 and in viewers with 1.7 million.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in viewers with 1.1 million.