Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Leads NBC to Easy Win

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC won the Tuesday ratings race by a mile, as America’s Got Talent led the network to a 1.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In a distant second was Fox at 0.6/3.

America’s Got Talent was off a tenth of a point at 2.0 and World of Dance was a flat 1.4.

On Fox, Beat Shazam was good for a 0.7 and Love Connection a 0.5. Both shows were level with last week.

Univision did a 0.6/3. Telemundo did a 0.5/2.

ABC and CBS both rated a 0.5/2. On ABC, comedy reruns led into The Last Defense, which was off 20% for a 0.4.

On CBS, repeated dramas led into 48 Hours: NCIS. That was down 20% at 0.4.

The CW scored a 0.2/1. A Flash repeat led into The Hundred, which fell 33% 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.