Primetime Ratings: NBC Dominates ‘Hand in Hand’ Special

NBC won Tuesday ratings by a mile. NBC’s Hand in Hand hurricane relief telethon did a 1.1, before America’s Got Talent scored a 2.3. The latter was down from the previous week’s 2.5, when America’s Got Talent started at 8 p.m.

NBC posted a 1.8 prime rating in viewers 18-49, and a 7 share.

That easily topped the 0.7/3 at Telemundo and 0.5/2 at ABC and CBS.

ABC’s hurricane special did a 0.7. A pair of black-ish repeats led into Somewhere Between, down 25% at 0.3.

CBS scored a 0.6 with its Hand in Hand special. Repeats of NCIS and Bull followed.

Fox rated a 0.4/2, with its hurricane special at 0.4 and a repeat of The Orville at 0.5.

Univision, too, was at 0.4/2.

The CW rated a 0.3/1, with repeats of The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.   

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.