Primetime Ratings: NBC Crushes Competition With ‘AGT’
NBC carved up the competition Monday, as America’s Got Talent led the network to an easy win. NBC averaged a 1.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. In second were Fox and Telemundo at 0.6/3.
America’s Got Talent featured a—spoiler alert!—golden buzzer given out to a nervous girl from England with a potent singing voice and herky-jerky stage presence. The show did a 2.2 from 8 to 10 p.m., level with last week. World of Dance lost 6% for a 1.5.
On Fox, Beat Shazam rated a 0.7 while Love Connection was good for a 0.5, both shows flat.
Telemundo got its 0.6/3 with the premiere of Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and then El Senor De Los Cielos.
ABC and CBS both did a 0.5/2. On ABC, it was repeated comedies leading into the premiere of The Last Defense at 0.5.
On CBS, repeated dramas led into 48 Hours: NCIS at a flat 0.5.
The CW scored a 0.3/1 with repeats of The Flash and The Hundred.
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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.