Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Robust ‘AGT’, ‘World of Dance’
NBC took top ratings honors Wednesday, riding the America’s Got Talent results show to a 1.3 among viewers 18-49 in prime, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat Fox’s 1.1/5.
America’s Got Talent was up a tenth of a point at 1.5. Its finale rolls next week. Two hours of World of Dance did a 1.1, also a tenth better than last week. It was the season finale.
On Fox, MasterChef rated a 1.1 across Fox’s prime, a 10% gain from last week.
CBS was at 0.8/4. Big Brother fell 7% to 1.4. Repeats of SEAL Team and Criminal Minds followed.
ABC did a 0.6/3. Repeated comedies led into Castaways, which slipped 20% to 0.4.
Telemundo rated a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.
The CW posted a 0.2/1. Burden of Truth rated a 0.2, up from 0.1. A Supergirl repeat followed.
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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.