Primetime Ratings Tuesday: NBC on Top Despite Drops

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NBC had the winning score in Tuesday ratings, with This Is Us leading the way. NBC tallied a 0.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. In second was ABC at 0.5/3. 

NBC had Young Rock, which fell 22% from premiere to 0.7, and Kenan was down 38% to 0.5. This Is Us lost 18% for a 0.9 and the Nurses season ender scored a flat 0.3. 

The week before, NBC posted a 0.8/5. 

ABC had To Tell the Truth down 17% for a 0.5 and Black-ish at a 0.5, then Mixed-ish at 0.4, the comedies level with last week. Another To Tell the Truth got a 0.4. 

CBS scored a 0.4/3 with reruns. 

The CW, Telemundo and Univision all posted a 0.3/2. The CW had the series premiere of Superman & Lois at 0.3 and special Superman & Lois: Legacy of Hope at 0.3. 

Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos, La Suerte de Loli and Buscando A Frida all at a level 0.3.

On Univision it was Vencer El Desamor off 20% for a 0.4 and Te Acuerdas de Mi and Dulce Ambicion at 0.3, Te Acuerdas flat and Dulce down a tenth. 

Fox got a 0.2/1 with reruns. 

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.