Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent,’ ‘Night Shift’ Grow at NBC

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NBC won the night among broadcasters, scoring a 1.5 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, with a 6 share. America’s Got Talent rated a 2.1 while The Night Shift did a 1.2—both up a tenth of a point from the previous week.

Fox posted a 1.3/5, with MasterChef airing across prime, same rating it got a week before.

CBS did a 1.0/4, with Big Brother at 1.8, down 10%, and American Gothic at a flat 0.5.

In repeats, ABC rated a 0.8/3.

CW had a 0.5/2, with Penn & Teller: Fool Us growing 25% to 0.5, and Whose Line Is It Anyway? at a flat 0.4.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

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.