Primetime Ratings: Big ‘Bachelorette’ Closer Paces ABC

ABC won the Tuesday ratings race, the finale of The Bachelorette leading the network to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In second was NBC at 1.1/5.

The Bachelorette did a 2.1 from 8 to 10 p.m. and was followed by a Holey Moley repeat. Bachelorette got a 1.9 the night before.

NBC had America’s Got Talent down 25% at 1.2 from 8 to 10 and then Bring the Funny off 22% at 0.7.

Everyone else was playing for scraps. Telemundo did a 0.4/2, and CBS, Fox and Univision all rated a 0.3/2.

On Telemundo, Un Poquito Tuyo was down a tenth at 0.2, Betty en NY also lost a tenth for a 0.4 and the premiere of Preso No. 1 rated a 0.4. La Reina del Sur has finished season two.

CBS had Love Island at a flat 0.4, an NCIS repeat and Blood & Treasure at a level 0.3.

Fox had repeats and Univision had La Reina Soy Yo down a tenth at 0.3 and La Rosa de Guadalupe at a flat 0.4, before the premiere of Sin Miedo a la Verdad at 0.3.

The CW scored a 0.2/1. Pandora got a 0.1 and The 100 a 0.2, both series 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.