Tuesday TV Ratings: ‘NCIS’ Leads in Viewers, Prince Grammy Special Strong in Key Demo
On a rerun-heavy Tuesday night in primetime television, a re-airing of an NCIS episode dominated the night in total viewers with 7.66 million. But in the 18-49 demo, the CBS two-hour special, Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammys Salute to Prince, with stars like Common (above) appearing, grabbed the most eyeballs with a 1.0 rating.
The series finale of Fox’s Empire — its season cut short due to production shutdowns — performed well in the 18-49 demo with a 0.8 rating though total viewers fell below 3 million viewers.
Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, April 21, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Ellen’s Game of Games – R (NBC) | 0.8 | 4.25 |
| NCIS – R (CBS) | 0.7 | 7.66 | |
| The Conners – R(ABC) | 0.6 | 3.80 | |
| The Masked Singer – R (Fox) | 0.5 | 2.66 | |
| The Flash (CW) | 0.4 | 1.11 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Bless This Mess – R (ABC) | 0.4 | 2.47 |
| 9 p.m. | Let’s Go Crazy – The Grammys Salute to Prince (CBS) | 1.0 | 6.49 |
| Empire – F (Fox) | 0.8 | 2.94 | |
| Ellen’s Game of Games – R (NBC) | 0.7 | 3.68 | |
| mixed-ish – R (ABC) | 0.4 | 1.93 | |
| DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (CW) | 0.2 | 665,000 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | black-ish – R (ABC) | 0.3 | 1.73 |
| 10 p.m. | New Amsterdam – R (NBC) | 0.4 | 2.26 |
| For Life (ABC) | 0.4 | 2.17 |
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