The Breakdown: CBS Tuesday in 2020-21 (NCIS, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted and more!)

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

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).
  

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 10/27/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Price Is Right Special (0.8) and World Series (3.4, +0.7) adjusted up while The Conners (R) (0.4) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• NBC's This Is Us (1.4/1.3) made a solid two-hour return to the broadcast stage, building significantly on its The Voice (1.0) lead-in, though TIU was still down 25-30% from last year's premiere and also down from the spring's COVID-boosted finale (1.7).

• That was enough to edge NBC ahead of ABC with a rebounding The Bachelorette (1.2/1.3) and comedy repeats (0.5/0.3), though Fox reigned supreme with the sixth and final game of the World Series (3.1/2.6/2.4).

• CBS also got into the mix on a busy night with two hours of its daytime game shows (0.7/0.6) in primetime, though they weren't a great match with The FBI Declassified (0.3). And the CW preliminarily edged back up to 0.2 with Swamp Thing.
  

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 10/20/20

FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelorette (1.2), The Voice (1.1) and World Series (2.4, +0.6) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Week two of The Bachelorette (1.1/1.0) and the two-hour Tuesday premiere of The Voice (1.0/1.1) went head-to-head and were in a dead heat in adults 18-49. The former dropped significantly from last week's premiere, but still demolished The Voice in adults 18-34 (1.1 to 0.5). The Voice helped lift Transplant (0.6) to a new series high at 10/9c.
  

• Against the reality clash, Fox led the way with Game 1 of the World Series (2.1/1.7/1.5), but it was down significantly from last year's 2.9 prelim for Game 1. The CW's Swamp Thing had a preliminary 0.1 for the first time (after adjusting down to it last week).
  

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.