Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Finale Paces NBC

NBC got the top score in Wednesday ratings, with the America’s Got Talent season finale leading the Peacock to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In second was Fox at 0.8/4.

America’s Got Talent went up 25% to 1.5, with Kodi Lee getting the grand prize. Lee, who is 23, is a singer and pianist. He is blind and has autism. Special A Little Late with Lilly Singh did a 0.5. Singh had a cameo in the AGT finale. Her late-night show began Sept. 16.

Fox had the MasterChef finale across its prime. It was level with last week’s show.

CBS got a 0.6/3. Big Brother lost a tenth for a 1.0 and was followed by repeated dramas.

Univision rated a 0.5/2. La Rosa de Guadalupe got a flat 0.4, La Usurpadora a level 0.6 and Sin Miedo a la Verdad grew 33% to 0.4.

ABC and Telemundo both did a 0.4/2. ABC had repeats.

Telemundo aired Exatlon Estados Unidos and El Final Del Paraiso at 0.4. Preso No. 1 did a 0.3. All three prime offerings were flat.

The CW scored a 0.1/1. A Mysteries Decoded repeat led into Hypnotize Me, which was down 50% at 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.