Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Mighty ‘AGT’

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NBC won Tuesday ratings by a mile, as summer staple America’s Got Talent led the net to a 2.0 in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 9 share. That easily beat Fox, which posted a 0.6/3.

America’s Got Talent did drop 8% from its premiere to a 2.2 from 8 to 10 p.m., while World of Dance slid 11% from its season starter to a 1.6.

On Fox, Beat Shazam scored a 0.7 and Love Connection a 0.5, both off a tenth of a point from last week’s premieres.

CBS did a 0.6/2, with repeated dramas leading into 48 Hours: NCIS at a flat 0.5.

ABC rated a 0.5/2 with repeated comedies.

Univision also scored a 0.5/2, while Telemundo rated a 0.4/2.

The CW was at 0.3/1 with a repeated The Flash, then a new The Hundred at a level 0.3.

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.