Primetime Ratings: CBS, NBC Split Win on Repeats-Rich Night
CBS and NBC shared the Tuesday prime ratings title, despite both airing a number of repeats. Both networks posted a 0.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share.
CBS won the Tuesday before with a 0.9/5.
CBS had repeated dramas NCIS, FBI and FBI: Most Wanted across prime.
NBC had an Ellen’s Game of Game rerun, then a new episode fell 20% to 0.8. A New Amsterdam repeat followed.
ABC got a 0.6/3. The Conners did a 1.0 and Bless This Mess at 0.6. Mixed-ish and Black-ish both got a 0.5. All four were level with last week. For Life shot up 25% to 0.5.
Univision posted a 0.5/3. Te Doy La Vida got a flat 0.5, as did Amor Eterno, which was flat, and Como Tu No Hay 2, which lost a tenth.
Fox scored a 0.5/2 with reruns of The Masked Singer and Last Man Standing.
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The CW and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/2. The CW had The Flash at 0.4 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow at 0.2, both dramas flat.
Telemundo aired Cennet, which was down 25% to 0.3 and the premiere of 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos at 0.4. A La Reina del Sur special got a flat 0.3.
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.