Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins By a Mile

NBC was the easy winner in the broadcast ratings race Tuesday, rating a 2.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 10 share. ABC was second at a distant 0.6/3. 

NBC’s America’s Got Talent did a 2.5, off a tenth of a point from last week, and World of Dance rated a flat 1.9.

ABC had Downward Dog at a flat 0.7, then repeated comedies. 

CBS weighed in at 0.5/2. It had repeats leading into 48 Hours: NCIS, which was down 20% from last week at 0.4. 

Fox was at a 0.4/2, with repeats throughout prime. 

The CW had a 0.2/1, with a repeated The Flash before a new iZombie was off 25% week to week at 0.3. 

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision scored a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. 

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.