Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Thanks to ‘NCIS’
CBS got top score in Tuesday prime ratings. NCIS led the Eye to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.8/4 that NBC tallied.
NCIS lost 8% for a 1.2 on CBS and two episodes of FBI: Most Wanted rated a 0.9 and 0.8, mostly flat with its previous 0.9.
On NBC, Ellen’s Game of Games lost 17% for a 1.0 and New Amsterdam gained 43% for a 1.0. A coronavirus news special posted a 0.6, up a tenth from the previous Tuesday’s news special.
ABC and Fox both got a 0.6/3. ABC had The Conners at 1.0 and Bless This Mess is 0.6, both shows flat. Mixed-ish and Black-ish both got a 0.5, as did For Life. Those three lost a tenth of a point apiece.
Fox had a Masked Singer repeat and a new Empire at a flat 0.7.
Univision got a 0.5/3 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. Univision had Te Doy La Vida at 0.6, level with its premiere, and Amor Eterno went up 17% to 0.7. Sin Miedo a la Verdad posted a level 0.4.
On Telemundo, Cennet got a 0.4 as did La Dona, both adding a tenth of a point. Operacion Pacifico got a flat 0.3.
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The CW did a 0.1/0 with repeats of The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
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.