Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins on ‘Talent’

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NBC was the winner among broadcasters Tuesday with a 2.1 rating in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and an 8 share. America’s Got Talent rated a 2.4, up 9%, and Running Wild With Bear Grylls a 1.4, up 27% from the night before.

ABC pulled a 1.1/4, with Bachelor in Paradise at 1.4; it opened to a 0.8 last summer. Mistresses was down 25% to 0.6.

CBS did a 0.8/3, with repeats leading into Zoo’s flat 0.8, then more repeats.

Fox and The CW weighed in at 0.4/2. Fox had Coupled at 0.4, down 20%. CW’s Whose Line Is It Anyway scored a 0.5 and MADtv a 0.4; both were up a tenth of a point over last week.

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.