Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Finale Gives NBC Big Win

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NBC rode the America’s Got Talent season finale to a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, and an 8 share. That easily beat the 1.0/5 put up by Fox.

America’s Got Talent did a 2.0 from 8 to 10 p.m., up 33% from last week. Spoiler alert—magician Shin Lim won the million bucks. The I Feel Bad double premiere scored a 1.2 and 0.8.

On Fox, the MasterChef season closer did a 1.0 across the network’s prime. It was down a tenth of a point from last week.

CBS rated a 0.8/4. Big Brother had a flat 1.4. SEAL Team and Criminal Minds repeats followed.

ABC scored a 0.6/3 with repeated comedies and a Shark Tank rerun.

Telemundo did a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.3/2.

The CW scored a 0.1/1. Burden of Truth lost 50% for a 0.1 and was followed by a Supergirl repeat.

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.