NBC took second for the night with very mixed results for their two specials. Celebrity Escape Room, featuring host Jack Black and contestants Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Adam Scott and Ben Stiller, had a strong showing for NBC, tying two ABC shows to lead the night with a 0.8.
Celebrity Escape Room is a part of NBC's annual Red Nose Day charity event, and it became the highest-rated special ever associated with Red Nose Day, even surpassing early American Ninja Warrior specials. The Red Nose Day special itself wasn't helped much by its bigger lead-in, basiclaly steady year-to-year with a 0.4. Its 0.5 in the first half is better than any of its half-hours last year, though.
CBS tied for second for the night after experiencing multiple drops. A Young Sheldon repeat kicked off the night down a tenth, which brought Man With a Plan down a tenth as well. The Mom repeat was steady at 9, while Broke was down to 0.5 at 9:30. A SWAT repeat closed out the night steady at 0.4. Fox had a disastrous night, to put it mildly. Celebrity Watch Party came down a tenth at 8, matching last week's preliminary 0.3. At 9, Labor of Love had one of the lowest Big 4 debuts in history with a ghastly 0.2. It never had much of a chance with such an awful lead-in, but losing a tenth from it on premiere night ensures that we won't be seeing it for much longer. The ratings for this Fox lineup mirror the ratings for The CW's Tuesday lineup, which is never a compliment. The CW. brought Burden of Truth back at 8, matching Katy Keene's finale with a 0.1 but actually hitting a 0.2 in the first half, which Katy Keene hasn't done in some time. In the Dark was steady at 9 with another 0.1.
Finals Update: 'Red Nose Day' (0.3, -0.1) adjusted down.
(P) = premiere
(R) = repeat
