Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Prince Special

CBS had the top score in Tuesday prime, a Prince tribute special pacing the Eye to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.6/3 put up by Fox and NBC.

CBS had an NCIS rerun and Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince at 1.0 from 9 to 11 p.m. Recorded in late January, the special had various stars, including Foo Fighters, Usher and Chris Martin, performing Prince tracks.

Fox had a Masked Singer repeat and the Empire finale up 14% at 0.8.

NBC had reruns of Ellen’s Game of Games and New Amsterdam.

Univision got a 0.5/2. Te Doy La Vida fell 17% to 0.5 and Amor Eterno lost 29% for a 0.5.Sin Miedo a la Verdad scored a flat 0.4.

ABC rated a 0.4/2. Comedy reruns led into For Life down 20% to 0.4.

Telemundo got a 0.3/2. Cennet got a flat 0.4 and La Dona slid 25% to 0.3, then a La Reina del Sur special scored a 0.3.

The CW scored a 0.3/1. The Flash got a 0.4 and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow a 0.2, both dramas flat.

Michael Malone

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.