Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’-Rich NBC Wins By a Mile
NBC was the easy winner in Tuesday ratings, scoring a gaudy 2.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 10 share. America’s Got Talent paced NBC to the big win.
ABC and CBS were at 0.5/2.
America’s Got Talent rated a 2.7, up a tenth of a point from last week. NBC said it was the summer staple’s top score since June 6. World of Dance grew 13% to 1.8.
ABC had repeated comedies before a fresh Somewhere Between at a flat 0.4.
Among Spanish-language networks, Telemundo did a 0.7/3 thanks to strong performances by Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and El Señor de los Cielos, and Univision a 0.5/2.
CBS was in repeated dramas throughout prime.
Fox, in repeats, scored a 0.4/2.
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The CW, also in repeats, came in at 0.2/1.
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.