Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’-Rich NBC Wins Tuesday

NBC rolled to a big Tuesday ratings win thanks to America’s Got Talent, the network posting a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That easily beat the 0.9/4 that ABC put up.

America’s Got Talent did a 2.0 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Making It a 1.0, both shows flat with last Tuesday. NBC has renewed Making It for a second season.

On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise climbed 10% to 1.1 while Castaways fell 17% to 0.5.

CBS, Fox and Telemundo scored a 0.5/2.

On CBS, repeated dramas occupied prime.

On Fox, Beat Shazam did a flat 0.6 and was followed by a Love Connection rerun.

Telemundo was bolstered by Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and El Senor de los Cielos, both at 0.6.

Univision scored a 0.4/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1. After a Flash repeat, The Outpost rated a level 0.1.

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.