Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’ Finishes Strong on NBC
The season finale of summer ratings magnet America’s Got Talent posted a 2.7 in adults 18-49, with 14.1 million viewers total. It was up 29% over last year’s finale and 35% over the previous week’s episode.
The season two debut of Blindspot rated a 1.6. The show did a 1.3 when its season wrapped last spring, after debuting to a 3.1 last September.
NBC posted a 2.3 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, alongside a 9 share.
Fox did a 1.4/5, with the MasterChef finale across prime, even with its previous airing. CBS did a 1.0/4, ABC a 0.8/3 and The CW a 0.4/1.
Big Brother rated a 1.7 on CBS, down a tenth of a point from the week before, with repeats following.
ABC had repeated comedies.
CW aired Penn & Teller: Fool Us at a flat 0.4 and Whose Line Is It Anyway at 0.3, down a tenth.
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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.