Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Talent’ Results Show

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NBC got top honors in Wednesday’s prime ratings, riding the America’s Got Talent results show to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. That got by the 0.9/4 posted by Fox.

America’s Got Talent was down 7% to 1.4 and World of Dance was off 17% at 1.0. The America’s Got Talent finale rolls on NBC Sept. 19.

Fox had MasterChef at a flat 1.0 from 8 to 10 p.m.

CBS did a 0.8/4. Big Brother rated a flat 1.5 and repeats of SEAL Team and Criminal Minds followed.

ABC scored a 0.6/3 with comedy reruns leading in to a Shark Tank repeat.

Telemundo rated a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.

The CW did a 0.1/1. Burden of Truth fell 50% to 0.1 and Back to School Just for Laughs too rated a 0.1.

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.