Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Leads NBC to Easy Win

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 is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.