Premiere ratings for new Noah Wyle crime drama “The Red Line” might have CBS executives seeing its titular color.
The event series about a black doctor shot by a white cop in Chicago debuted Sunday to just a 0.5 rating/2 share among adults 18-49, easily finishing last in its time slot among the Big 4 broadcast channels. That small Nielsen number ties “The Red Line” with Fox Friday show “Proven Innocent” for the lowest-rated new drama debut(s) of the season. (And it ties the regular time slot premiere for CBS’ “The Code.”)
A few dramas opened to lower total-viewer figures than “The Red Line,” with 4.9