Tuesday TV Ratings: ‘NCIS’ and ‘Ellen Game of Games’ Split the Night

Jim Halterman April 8, 2020, 12:30 pm

Ellen's Game of Games - Season 3 — Mike Rozman/Warner Brothers/NBC

Even with a rerun airing in Tuesday’s night’s broadcast schedule, CBS’s NCIS still managed to grab the most total viewers with NBC’s Ellen’s Game of Games grabbed the highest viewership in the 18-49 demographic.

ABC’s The Conners also had a strong showing in the 8 o’clock hour in total viewers and was the highest original scripted series in that time slot, coming in third overall for the night. The Resident also had its season finale — early due to production shutting down for the current health crisis — and hit a season high in total viewers, just a hair off from last season’s finale on May 6, 2019 (5.0 million)

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Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, April 7, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC)	1.2	5.38
	The Conners (ABC)	1.0	6.22
	The Resident – F (Fox)	0.8	4.91
	NCIS – R (CBS)	0.7	7.78
	Supergirl – R (CW)	0.2	619,000
8:30 p.m.	Bless This Mess (ABC)	0.6	3.90
9 p.m.	FBI – R (CBS)	0.6	6.90
	mixed-ish (ABC)	0.6	2.95
	New Amsterdam – R (NBC)	0.5	2.64
	Empire (Fox)	0.7	2.92
	Batwoman – R (CW)	0.1	484,000
9:30 p.m.	black-ish (ABC)	0.6	2.73
10 p.m.	For Life (ABC)	0.6	2.34
	FBI: Most Wanted – R (CBS)	0.5	5.07
	NBC News Special (NBC)	0.5	3.31