Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘America’s Got Talent’ Leads NBC
NBC won Tuesday prime ratings by a mile, America’s Got Talent leading the net to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. In second were ABC and Telemundo at 0.5/3.
Shows were up against the MLB All-Star Game a week before.
With Brad Paisley as a guest judge, America’s Got Talent went up 7% to 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m., before Bring the Funny lost 17% from its series debut for a 1.0.
ABC had the special The Lion King: Can You Feel the Love Tonight at 0.7, with comedy repeats following.
On Telemundo, Betty En NY got a flat 0.5 and La Reina del Sur went up 17% to 0.7.
CBS scored a 0.4/2. Love Island slid 17% from its premiere to 0.5 and Blood & Treasure was a level 0.3. CBS News special Man on the Moon did a 0.3.
Fox and Univision both rated a 0.3/2. Fox had repeats and Univision was led by La Reina Soy Yo at 0.4.
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The CW did a 0.1/1. Pandora premiered to a 0.1 and The 100 got a flat 0.2.
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.