Primetime Ratings: 'AGT' Powers NBC to Tuesday Win

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NBC had the top score in Tuesday ratings, with America’s Got Talent leading the way. NBC got a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That easily beat Univision’s 0.4/3. 

America’s Got Talent posted a 0.9 from 8 to 10 p.m., up a tenth from the previous week’s 15th anniversary special saluting past performers. Kelly Clarkson filled in for Simon Cowell as a judge with Cowell recuperating from a back injury, the judges situated at Universal Studios. World of Dance fell 14% to 0.6.

Univision had La Rosa de Guadalupe, Medicos and Como Tu No Hay 2 all at a level 0.4. 

CBS and Telemundo were just behind at 0.4/2. CBS had repeated dramas. 

On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos and Cennet at 0.4, and Enemigo Intimo 2 at 0.3. All three went up a tenth. 

ABC and Fox both scored a 0.3/2. ABC had comedy reruns and What Would You Do? up 33% to 0.4.

Fox had reruns. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. The DC’s Stargirl finale got a 0.2 and Tell Me a Story got a 0.1, both shows flat. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.