Primetime Ratings: ‘AGT’ Paces NBC
As usual, NBC grabbed the top spot in Tuesday ratings, with America’s Got Talent leading the network to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat ABC’s 0.8/4.
America’s Got Talent fell 19% to 1.3 and Bring the Funny scored a flat 0.7.
On ABC, Bachelor in Paradise fell 9% to 1.0 and led into repeated comedies.
CBS did a 0.5/3 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. CBS had repeated dramas.
Telemundo aired Exatlon Estados Unidos and El Final Del Paraiso at 0.4 and Preso No. 1 at 0.3, all three flat.
Fox and Univision both scored a 0.3/2. On Fox a rerun of The Resident led into First Responders Live at a level 0.3.
On Univision, La Reina Soy Yo got a 0.4 and Juntos, El Corazon Nunca Se Equivoca and Sin Miedo a la Verdad both did a 0.3. All three shows were flat with last week.
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The CW rated a 0.2/1. Pandora and Mysteries Decoded both got a 0.2. Pandora was flat and Mysteries went up a tenth.
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.