Primetime Ratings Tuesday: ABC Wins With ‘The Bachelorette’

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ABC won the Tuesday ratings contest, as The Bachelorette led the way. ABC had a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That outdid NBC’s 0.8/5. 

The Bachelorette got a 1.1 and 1.0 across two hours, both down a tenth of a point from last week, and drama Big Sky grew 20% to 0.6.

NBC had The Voice finale across prime. It did a 0.7 in the first hour, level with last week, and a 0.9 in the next two. 

Everyone else was playing for scraps. Univision scored a 0.4/3. Vencer El Desamor shot up 25% to 0.5. Imperio de Mentiras posted a 0.4 and Dulce Ambicion a 0.3, those two flat. 

CBS got a 0.3/2. Music special Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music, hosted by Kevin Bacon and Eve, got a 0.3 and was followed by reruns of NCIS and FBI

Fox and Telemundo both rated a 0.2/1. Fox had a Cosmos: Possible Worlds rerun and an episode of Next down 50% to 0.1.

Telemundo had El Domo del Dinero at 0.1, Todo Por Mi Hija got a 0.3 and Falsa Identidad a 0.2. All three shows lost a tenth of a point. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. Swamp Thing and Tell Me a Story both scored a flat 0.1. 

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.