Primetime Ratings: NBC Clobbers Competition with ‘AGT’ Premiere
By Michael Malone published

NBC glided to an easy win in Tuesday ratings, as the season premiere of America’s Got Talent paced the network to a 2.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 10 share. In second was Fox at 0.7/3.
Airing 8-10 p.m., America’s Got Talent rated a 2.4, before the premiere of World of Dance scored a 1.8. Last year’s season premieres for the two did a 2.6 and 2.4, respectively.
On Fox, the premiere of Beat Shazam did a 0.8 and the start of Love Connection a 0.6. Last spring’s premieres of the pair scored a 1.2 and a 1.1, respectively.
CBS was next at 0.6/3. It aired repeats, then 48 Hours: NCIS at a flat 0.5.
ABC did a 0.5/2. It had repeated comedies throughout prime.
Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.5/2.
The CW was good for a 0.3/1 with repeats of The Flash and The Hundred.
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.
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