Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’ Sets Up NBC for Convention Coverage Win

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America’s Got Talent paced NBC to a big win among broadcasters Tuesday. AGT did a 2.2 in adults 18-49, off 8% from a week before, per Nielsen’s overnights, followed by NBC’s Republican convention coverage at 1.1. NBC posted a 1.9 on the night, with a 7 share.

Fox was next up at 0.7/3. Hotel Hell rated a 0.8, down 11%, while Coupled did a flat 0.5.

CBS scored a 0.6/2, with a repeat leading into Zoo’s 0.7, down 13%, before convention coverage tallied a 0.5.

Univision and Telemundo, which premiered three primetime series Tuesday night—a first for Spanish-language television—tied CBS with 0.6/2s.

ABC did a 0.5/2 with repeats leading into coverage of the RNC, at 0.5.

The CW had a fresh Containment at a flat 0.3.

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.