Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’-Rich NBC Wins By a Mile
NBC was the easy winner in Tuesday ratings, scoring a gaudy 2.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 10 share. America’s Got Talent paced NBC to the big win.
ABC and CBS were at 0.5/2.
America’s Got Talent rated a 2.7, up a tenth of a point from last week. NBC said it was the summer staple’s top score since June 6. World of Dance grew 13% to 1.8.
ABC had repeated comedies before a fresh Somewhere Between at a flat 0.4.
Among Spanish-language networks, Telemundo did a 0.7/3 thanks to strong performances by Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and El Señor de los Cielos, and Univision a 0.5/2.
CBS was in repeated dramas throughout prime.
Fox, in repeats, scored a 0.4/2.
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The CW, also in repeats, came in at 0.2/1.
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.