Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Surging ‘AGT’
NBC easily won Tuesday prime ratings, as America’s Got Talent led to a 1.3 for the network in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. In second was ABC at 0.8/4.
America’s Got Talent got a 1.4, jumping from a 1.3 at 8 p.m. to 1.6 at 9 p.m. The variety show, with Jay Leno as guest judge, went up 17% from last week. Bring the Funny went up 29% over last week to 0.9
On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise got a 1.0 from 8 to 10, down 23% from its premiere, and led into repeats.
Fox and Telemundo both did a 0.4/2. Fox had Spin the Wheel and First Responders Live both doing a 0.4, both down a tenth.
Telemundo had Un Poquito Tuyo at 0.3 and Betty en NY at 0.5, both up a tenth over last week, and Preso No. 1 at a level 0.4.
CBS and Univision both got a 0.3/2. On CBS it was Love Island at 0.4 and an NCIS rerun, then the Blood & Treasure finale at 0.3. Both new episodes were flat.
Univision had La Reina Soy Yo up 33% at 0.4 and La Rosa de Guadalupe down 25% at 0.3, then Sin Miedo a la Verdad at a level 0.3.
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The CW scored a 0.1/1. Pandora got a 0.1 and The 100 finale got a 0.2, both shows flat.
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.