Tuesday TV Ratings 5/19/26: Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Takes #2 on Broadcast on a Quiet Night, NBA Playoffs Soar for Cavaliers/Knicks, Farmer Wants a Wife Ticks Up [+ Analysis]

Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart (0.17) was an okay performer for CBS but still lost to NBC's repeat of America's Got Talent (0.22). NBC also had the edge at ten as their Password repeat (0.14) was slightly ahead of CBS's NCIS encore (0.13). Repeats of RJ Decker (0.16/0.15/0.11) aired on ABC. On Fox, Farmer Wants a Wife (0.14, +0.01) ticked up, while Running Wild (0.12, 0.00) held steady. The CW's WWE NXT (0.08, +0.02) was also up. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	America's Got Talent (R)	0.22	3	2.39	NBC
	Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart	0.17	2	2.79	CBS
	RJ Decker (R)	0.16	2	2.14	ABC
	Farmer Wants a Wife	0.14	2	1.66	Fox
	WWE NXT	0.08	1	0.52	CW
9 PM	RJ Decker (R)	0.15	2	1.82	ABC
	Bear Grylls Is Running Wild	0.12	2	0.92	Fox
10 PM	Password (R)	0.14	3	1.65	NBC
	NCIS (R)	0.13	2	1.90	CBS
	RJ Decker (R)	0.11	2	1.51	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers v. Knicks	ESPN	2.23	7.11
Summer House	Bravo	0.18	0.60
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.24
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.15	2.80
Hannity	Fox News	0.14	2.54
In the City	Bravo	0.14	0.50
Baylen Out Loud	TLC	0.14	1.00
Welcome to Plathville	TLC	0.09	0.73
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.08	1.24
Chopped Castaways	Food	0.08	0.51
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.08	0.71
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.07	1.38
MLB	TBS	0.07	0.36
NewsNight	CNN	0.07	0.67
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.06	1.10
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	0.66