Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘World of Dance’ Premiere Leads NBC

NBC enjoyed an easy win among broadcasters Tuesday, as the season premiere of America’s Got Talent did a 2.6, a tenth of a point better than last year’s premiere, before the series premiere of World of Dance did a robust 2.4. NBC had a 2.5 on the night in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnight ratings, and a 10 share.

Everyone else was playing for scraps. CBS and Fox each had a 0.7/3. CBS had repeats at 8 and 9, then 48 Hours: NCIS lost 17% at 0.5.

On Fox, it was a Lethal Weapon repeat before the Prison Break finale went up 29% to 0.9.

ABC rated a 0.5/2. Downward Dog slipped 30% to 0.7 before repeats of The Middle and American Housewife. Imaginary Mary lost 25% at 0.6 and was followed by more repeated comedies.

The CW had a 0.2/1 on the night. After a repeated The Flash, iZombie fell 25% to 0.3.

Among the Spanish-language combatants, Univision had a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.

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.