Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’ Sets Up NBC for Convention Coverage Win

America’s Got Talent paced NBC to a big win among broadcasters Tuesday. AGT did a 2.2 in adults 18-49, off 8% from a week before, per Nielsen’s overnights, followed by NBC’s Republican convention coverage at 1.1. NBC posted a 1.9 on the night, with a 7 share.

Fox was next up at 0.7/3. Hotel Hell rated a 0.8, down 11%, while Coupled did a flat 0.5.

CBS scored a 0.6/2, with a repeat leading into Zoo’s 0.7, down 13%, before convention coverage tallied a 0.5.

Univision and Telemundo, which premiered three primetime series Tuesday night—a first for Spanish-language television—tied CBS with 0.6/2s.

ABC did a 0.5/2 with repeats leading into coverage of the RNC, at 0.5.

The CW had a fresh Containment at a flat 0.3.

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.