Primetime Ratings: ‘Talent’ Grows as NBC Wins

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NBC’s America’s Got Talent grew 17% week to week for a 2.1 in adults 18-49, while TheNight Shift rated a 1.1. The latter posted a 0.9 and 0.8 in a double run during its last original airing. Both paced NBC to a broadcast-best 1.5 rating in 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share.

MasterChef rated a 1.3 across prime on Fox, up 18% from its last fresh airing.

On CBS, Big Brother climbed 11% to a 2.0 while American Gothic rated a 0.5, up a tenth of a point. That gave CBS a 1.1/4.

ABC did a 0.8/3 with repeats.  

The CW measured a 0.4/2. Penn & Teller: Fool Us was up 33% to 0.4, while Whose Line Is It Anyway? scored a flat 0.4.

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.