Primetime Ratings Tuesday: Five-Way Tie on Soft Night
CBS slots ‘The Chauvin Verdict’, hosted by Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, at 10 p.m.
The Tuesday ratings race was a five-way tie for the win, with ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and Univision all weighing in at 0.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. Telemundo was just behind at 0.3/2, while The CW got a 0.1/1.
Ratings were soft across the night. With the Derek Chauvin verdict revealed, some viewers turned to cable news for the latest.
ABC had Pooch Perfect at a flat 0.4 and Black-ish up 33% to 0.4. Mixed-ish got a flat 0.3 and Big Sky a 0.4, down a little from last week’s 0.5/0.4 double run.
CBS had reruns, then news special The Chauvin Verdict at 10 p.m. Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell hosted and that got a 0.3.
Fox had The Resident at 0.5 and Prodigal Son at 0.4, both flat.
On NBC it was Young Rock at 0.5 and Kenan at 0.3, both off a tenth. A This Is Us rerun led into New Amsterdam at a level 0.4.
Univision had La Rosa de Guadalupe at a flat 0.5 and Te Acuerdas De Mi up 33% to 0.4, then La Hija Del Embajador at a level 0.3.
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On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos and La Suerte De Loli at flat 0.3s and Buscando A Frida up 33% to 0.4.
The CW had a rerun of The Flash while Supergirl got a flat 0.1.
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.