Primetime Ratings: NBC’s ‘Talent’ Beats ESPYs

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NBC scored big on Wednesday, drawing a 1.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. America’s Got Talent notched a 2.3, down a tenth from its performance the night before, while The Night Shift did a 1.3, up 18%.

That beat ABC, which offered ESPN’s ESPY awards across prime. ABC scored a 1.6/6; last year’s ESPYs did a 2.2.

Next was CBS at 1.0/4. Big Brother was down 10% at 1.7, while American Gothic did a 0.5, down a tenth.

Fox weighed in at 0.9/4. MasterChef was off 8% at 1.1, and Wayward Pines was a flat 0.8.

The CW scored a 0.4/2, with Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line is it Anyway both at 0.4. Penn & Teller opened to a 0.5 last summer while Whose Line did a 0.3 in its last original airing.

Michael Malone
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.