The Breakdown: Fox Tuesday in 2020-21 (The Resident, NEXT, Prodigal Son)

It's time for a journey through the Fox Tuesday schedule in 2020-21...

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 12/22/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.4, +0.2), The Price Is Right Special (0.8), Let's Make a Deal Special (0.7), The Voice (R) (0.5) and NEXT (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 12/21/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Neighborhood (R) (0.6) and Bob Hearts Abishola (R) (0.5) adjusted up.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 12/15/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.1), Cosmos: Possible Worlds (0.3) and NEXT (0.2) adjusted up.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 12/1/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.2), Let's Make a Deal Special (0.6), FBI: Most Wanted (R) (0.4), The Voice (0.8), Weakest Link (R) (0.6), Transplant (0.5) and Cosmos: Possible Worlds (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's Big Sky (0.7) continued to hang on, posting its third straight 0.7 following The Bachelorette (1.2/1.1).
  

• CBS got a nice showing from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1.1), within a tenth of last year's performance on the year-ago evening (1.2), and it led into a Let's Make a Deal primetime special (0.5). NBC's The Voice (0.7) took a hard hit in its first live results show.
  

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 11/24/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.3), FBI (0.9), The Voice (1.0) and Weakest Link (R) (0.7) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's Big Sky (0.7) was steady vs. last week's premiere (and up in total viewers), despite a diminished The Bachelorette lead-in (1.2/1.1).
  

• The CBS drama trio also looked similar in its second week back, with NCIS (0.9) even and FBI (0.8) giving up a tenth to its spin-off FBI: Most Wanted (0.7). NBC's The Voice (0.9) took a dip as a Weakest Link repeat (0.6) took over for This Is Us in the 9/8c hour.
  

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 11/17/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.4), Big Sky (0.7), FBI (0.9) and NEXT (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC launched new David E. Kelley drama Big Sky (0.6) at 10/9c with less than one-half retention after The Bachelorette (1.3). It was an improvement on recent occupants of the post-Bachelorette slot, like last week's CMA preview and random repeats, but starting at this rating means it could well get to those levels.
  

• CBS' Tuesday drama trio of NCIS (0.9), FBI (0.8) and FBI: Most Wanted (0.6), with the first two coming back way behind where we last saw them (though they wrapped early in the spring when viewing was still very high). NCIS was actually at a new series low if it stays there in finals, while FBI and Most Wanted were a little more in line with what they had been doing in the pre-pandemic part of the season.
  

• NBC continued to hold its own with The Voice (1.1) even and This Is Us (1.2) inching down again, while Transplant (0.4) fell another tenth at 10/9c.
  

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 11/10/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.7) and NEXT (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Back on Tuesday after the election, The Bachelorette (1.6/1.5) was in line with its Thursday episode last week, which was good enough for a surge vs. its Tuesday episode two weeks ago. But a CMA Awards preview at 10/9c (0.4) could not take advantage of the lead-in.
  

• Despite a stronger Bachelorette, NBC held up well with The Voice (1.1) actually growing vs. two weeks ago and This Is Us (1.3) down just a tenth from its two-hour premiere. Transplant (0.5) was back for the first time in three weeks and dropped a tenth.
  

• This night also featured the return of Fox's Cosmos: Possible Worlds (0.3) and NEXT (0.2), CBS' The FBI Declassified (0.3) and the CW's Swamp Thing (0.1) and Tell Me a Story (0.1).
  

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Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 10/13/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.4), Celebrity Family Feud (0.7), NFL Football (3.0, +0.3) and Ellen's Game of Games (0.5) adjusted up while Swamp Thing (0.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's The Bachelorette had a good start to its fall 2020 run with a 1.3 in A18-49 and a whooping 1.2/1.3 in adults 18-34, in line with its summer 2019 premiere (1.4 A18-49, 1.2 A18-34). A special Celebrity Family Feud (0.6) rounded out the night at 10/9c.
  

• CBS dominated with another virus-delayed NFL game in primetime (2.8/2.7) leading into The FBI Declassified (0.9) which started just after 10:00 ET.
  

• Against way more Tuesday competition, it was a brutal night for the NBC lineup, with Weakest Link (0.6) and Ellen's Game of Games (0.4) each down multiple tenths and Transplant (0.3) also falling again. Fox's Cosmos: Possible Worlds and NEXT each held at 0.3, while the CW got a second week at 0.2 out of Swamp Thing.
  

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 10/6/20

FINALS UPDATE: NBA Finals (2.9, +1.0), The FBI Declassified (0.4) and Ellen's Game of Games (0.7) adjusted up while Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night (0.6, -0.7) and NBA Countdown (0.8, -0.4) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Week two of NBC's Weakest Link (0.8) was the night's top entertainment program, despite a noticeable drop from its pre-debate premiere a week ago. It led into Ellen's Game of Games (0.6) and Transplant (0.4).
  

• Fox rounded out another night of 0.3's as new drama NEXT (0.3) debuted in the 9/8c hour, leading out of Cosmos: Possible Worlds (0.3). The CW got a decent start from DC Universe import Swamp Thing (0.2), while CBS introduced reality filler The FBI Declassified (0.4/0.3).
  

• Game 4 of the NBA Finals (1.9) on ABC improved by a few tenths on the Game 2/3 prelims.