Primetime Ratings: 'AGT' Powers NBC to Tuesday Win

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NBC had the top score in Tuesday ratings, with America’s Got Talent leading the way. NBC got a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That easily beat Univision’s 0.4/3. 

America’s Got Talent posted a 0.9 from 8 to 10 p.m., up a tenth from the previous week’s 15th anniversary special saluting past performers. Kelly Clarkson filled in for Simon Cowell as a judge with Cowell recuperating from a back injury, the judges situated at Universal Studios. World of Dance fell 14% to 0.6.

Univision had La Rosa de Guadalupe, Medicos and Como Tu No Hay 2 all at a level 0.4. 

CBS and Telemundo were just behind at 0.4/2. CBS had repeated dramas. 

On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos and Cennet at 0.4, and Enemigo Intimo 2 at 0.3. All three went up a tenth. 

ABC and Fox both scored a 0.3/2. ABC had comedy reruns and What Would You Do? up 33% to 0.4.

Fox had reruns. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. The DC’s Stargirl finale got a 0.2 and Tell Me a Story got a 0.1, both shows flat. 

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.