Primetime Ratings: Growing ‘AGT’ Leads NBC

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NBC won the Tuesday ratings crown, summer staple America’s Got Talent leading the Peacock to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That doubled runner-up CBS, at 0.7/3.

America’s Got Talent, which saw an exuberant contestant erroneously hit the golden buzzer, ticked up 7% for a 1.6. Songland lost 10% for a 0.9.

CBS had the premiere of Big Brother at 1.2, down from last summer’s 1.5 debut. An FBI rerun led into Blood & Treasure at a flat 0.4.

ABC, Fox and Telemundo scored a 0.4/2. ABC and Fox had comedy repeats throughout prime.

Telemundo had Betty en NY at 0.5 and La Reina del Sur at 0.6, same as last night.

Univision did a 0.3/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1 with a Flash repeat and The 100 at a level 0.2. 

Michael Malone
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.