#Does ‘Superman & Lois’ Premiere Soar Above the Competition?

Superman & Lois debuted on February 23, and while its numbers were nowhere near The CW’s other 2021 premiere (Walker), it did bring in the most viewers at 8/7c on a Tuesday (1.7 million) since 2019 (The Flash).

But it was a rerun of NCIS that won the night in viewers (5.3 million) and a new episode of This Is Us that scored the victory in the key demo (0.9 rating among adults 18-49). However, the latter was down from last week (1.1 rating, 5.6 million viewers).

Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, February 23, 2021 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	To Tell the Truth (ABC)	0.5	3.8
	NCIS (CBS)	0.4	5.3
	Young Rock (NBC)	0.7	3.5
	The Resident (Fox)	0.2	1.4
	Superman & Lois (CW)	0.3	1.7
8:30 p.m.	Kenan (NBC)	0.5	2.7
9:00 p.m.	black-ish (ABC)	0.5	2.4
	FBI (CBS)	0.4	4.9
	This Is Us (NBC)	0.9	5.0
	Prodigal Son (Fox)	0.2	874,000
	Superman & Lois (CW)	0.3	1.5
9:30 p.m.	mixed-ish (ABC)	0.4	2.0
10 p.m.	To Tell the Truth (ABC)	0.4	2.2
	FBI: Most Wanted (CBS)	0.3	3.9
	Nurses (NBC)	0.3	2.2