Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘AGT’

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NBC won the ratings race Tuesday, as a blazing America’s Got Talent led to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.0/4 that ABC put up.

America’s Got Talent was up a tenth of a point at 1.9 and NBC Fall Preview rated a 0.8.

On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise grew 20% to 1.2 and Castaways rose 25% to 0.5.

Univision scored a 0.7/3 with the U.S. versus Mexico soccer telecast.

CBS rated a 0.6/3 with drama reruns.

Fox did a 0.6/2. Beat Shazam rated a 0.7 and Love Connection a 0.4. Both shows were flat.

Telemundo rated a 0.5/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1. A Flash repeat led into a new The Outpost which grew 100% for a 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.