Primetime Ratings Tuesday: ABC, Fox Split Win on Soft Night

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ABC and Fox shared the Tuesday title in prime. Big Sky led the way for ABC and The Resident did so for Fox. Both got a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. Just behind were CBS and Univision at 0.4/2. 

It was a soft night for Nielsens. 

To Tell the Truth got a 0.5 on ABC and Black-ish a 0.5, both off a tenth from last week. Mixed-ish dropped 33% to 0.4 and Big Sky rated a flat 0.6. 

The Resident lost 17% for a 0.5 on Fox and Prodigal Son tallied a flat 0.4. 

CBS had repeated dramas across prime. 

On Univision it was Vencer El Desamor at a level 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras and Dulce Ambicion at 0.3. Imperio lost a tenth and Dulce stayed flat. 

NBC and Telemundo both rated a 0.3/2. NBC had Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist down 20% to 0.4. After a This Is Us rerun, Nurses shot up 50% to 0.3.

On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos lost 25% for a 0.3. La Suerte de Loli did a 0.4 and Buscando a Frida a 0.4, the pair flat. 

The CW got a 0.1/0. Two Sentence Horror Stories and Trickster both notched their usual 0.1s. 

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.