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, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.