Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’ Drives NBC Win
NBC won the Tuesday broadcast battle with a 1.9 score in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. It was the only broadcast network over a 1.0, with ABC at 0.9/3, CBS at 0.8/3, Fox at 0.6/2 and The CW at 0.3/1 on a repeat-rich night.
On NBC, America’s Got Talent was down 8% from last week at 2.3, while variety show Maya & Marty scored a 1.1, down 22%.
On ABC, a pair of repeats led into Uncle Buck at 1.0, off 33% from its debut, then To Tell the Truth at a flat 1.0.
CBS had repeats before the series finale of Person of Interest at its usual 1.0.
On Fox, Hotel Hell grew 14% to 0.8 and Coupled was flat at a 0.5.
CW featured a Flash repeat, then Containment at a flat 0.3.
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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.