Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Down but NBC Wins Easily

NBC was the major winner in Tuesday ratings, riding America’s Got Talent to a 1.5 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That whupped the 0.9/4 that ABC posted.

America’s Got Talent lost 10% for a 1.8 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Making It slipped 20% to a 0.8.

On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise scored a 1.1 from 8 to 10, then Castaways did a 0.5. Both shows were flat with last week.

CBS was at 0.5/2 with repeated dramas.

Telemundo did a 0.5/2.

Fox scored a 0.4/2 with Beat Shazam and Love Connection repeats.

Univision too was at 0.4/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1. A Flash rerun led into The Outpost, which grew 100% to 0.2.

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.