Ratings: With No Midterm Election Coverage, Fox Finishes Last Among Big 4 Broadcast Nets

As the only “Big 4” broadcast network not to air midterm election coverage last night, Fox finished last among its key competition. Fox News Channel took care of all that politics stuff.

CBS, NBC, and ABC’s current numbers are all subject to change due to the nature of live programming, though NBC did win Tuesday’s primetime in Nielsen’s overnight ratings. Official time zone-adjusted numbers are expected by 1 p.m. ET.

You can get more details on midterm election night’s broadcast ratings here.

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Fox was fourth in ratings with a 0.7 rating/3 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 2.7 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8, “The Gifted” settled for a 0.7/3 and 2.4 million viewers. At 9, “Lethal Weapon” managed a 0.7/3 and 3.2 million viewers.

Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.3 million.

Telemundo tied with The CW for sixth in ratings with a 0.3/1, with the latter network having the good sense to air reruns last night.

21 New Fall TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers: From 'The Conners' to 'Charmed' (Photos)

With 10.5 million total viewers tuning in to its debut "live," ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff series "The Conners" became the No. 1 new show of the Fall 2018-19 TV season -- but just barely.

NBC's "Lost"-like vehicle "Manifest" is now second, having averaged 10.4 million overall viewers on its own premiere night. CBS' "God Friended Me" had initially topped that total, though the NFL football-boosted drama adjusted down in final numbers.

Scroll through our gallery for the full rankings of fall's 21 debuts. TheWrap will update this post as more new broadcast shows start.

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Rank: 21
Show: "All American"
Net: The CW
Total Viewers: 710,000

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The CW
Rank: 20
Show: "Legacies"
Net: The CW
Total Viewers: 1.2 million

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The CW
Rank: 19
Show: "Charmed"
Net: The CW
Total Viewers: 1.5 million

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The CW
Rank: 18
Show: "Rel"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 2 million

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Fox
Rank: 17
Show: "The Alec Baldwin Show"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 2.2 million

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ABC
Rank: 16
Show: "I Feel Bad"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 2.6 million

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NBC
Rank: 15
Show: "Single Parents"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 4.9 million

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ABC
Rank: 14
Show: "Dancing With the Stars: Juniors"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 5 million

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ABC
Rank: 13
Show: "A Million Little Things"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 5.1 million

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ABC
Rank: 12
Show: "The Rookie"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 5.4 million

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ABC
Rank: 11
Show: "Happy Together"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 5.9 million

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CBS
Rank: 10
Show: "The Kids Are Alright"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 6.6 million

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ABC
Rank: 9
Show: "Cool Kids"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 6.9 million

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Fox
Rank: 8
Show: "Murphy Brown"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 7.5 million

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CBS
Rank: 7
Show: "The Neighborhood"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 8.07 million

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CBS
Rank: 6
Show: "Magnum P.I."
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 8.12 million

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CBS
Rank: 5
Show: "New Amsterdam"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 8.4 million

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NBC
Rank: 4
Show: "F.B.I."
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 10.08 million

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CBS
Rank: 3
Show: "God Friended Me"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 10.14 million

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CBS
Rank: 2
Show: "Manifest"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 10.4 million

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NBC
Rank: 1
Show: "The Conners"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 10.5 million

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ABC

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Sorry, ”Manifest“: You ran into that ”Roseanne“ buzzsaw

With 10.5 million total viewers tuning in to its debut "live," ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff series "The Conners" became the No. 1 new show of the Fall 2018-19 TV season -- but just barely.

NBC's "Lost"-like vehicle "Manifest" is now second, having averaged 10.4 million overall viewers on its own premiere night. CBS' "God Friended Me" had initially topped that total, though the NFL football-boosted drama adjusted down in final numbers.

Scroll through our gallery for the full rankings of fall's 21 debuts. TheWrap will update this post as more new broadcast shows start.

Also Read: 17 Lowest-Rated TV Shows of Summer 2018 (Photos)

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