Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Consistent ‘Talent’
NBC won the Tuesday ratings derby, with America’s Got Talent pacing the network to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That easily beat the 0.4/2 put up by ABC, CBS, Telemundo and Univision.
America’s Got Talent got a flat 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m. as host Terry Crews showed off his skills on the flute. Songland lifted 11% for a 1.0.
ABC had comedy repeats and CBS drama reruns before Blood & Treasure at a level 0.4.
Telemundo had Copa America soccer, Brazil against Venezuela. Univision was led by La Rosa de Guadalupe.
Fox did a 0.3/2 with repeats of First Responders Live and 9-1-1.
The CW had a 0.2/1. A Flash repeat led into a new The 100 at 0.2, same as last week.
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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.