Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Steady ‘AGT’
America’s Got Talent led NBC to the Tuesday ratings title, the network scoring a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That easily beat the 0.8/4 put up by runner-up ABC.
America’s Got Talent did a 1.8 from 8 to 10 p.m., and the Making It finale scored a 0.8. Both shows were level with last week’s performance.
On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise dropped a tenth of a point to 1.0 from 8 to 10, before Castaways did a flat 0.5.
CBS was next at 0.6/3. It aired repeats of NCIS, Bull and NCIS: New Orleans.
Fox was a hair behind at 0.6/2. Beat Shazam was up 17% to 0.7 and Love Connection rated a flat 0.4.
Telemundo did a 0.5/2. Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and El Senor de los Cielos both scored a 0.6.
Univision rated a 0.3/2.
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The CW did a 0.2/1 with repeats of Flash and The Outpost.
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.