Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Down but NBC Wins Easily

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC was the major winner in Tuesday ratings, riding America’s Got Talent to a 1.5 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That whupped the 0.9/4 that ABC posted.

America’s Got Talent lost 10% for a 1.8 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Making It slipped 20% to a 0.8.

On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise scored a 1.1 from 8 to 10, then Castaways did a 0.5. Both shows were flat with last week.

CBS was at 0.5/2 with repeated dramas.

Telemundo did a 0.5/2.

Fox scored a 0.4/2 with Beat Shazam and Love Connection repeats.

Univision too was at 0.4/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1. A Flash rerun led into The Outpost, which grew 100% to 0.2.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.