Tuesday Ratings: Another Clean Sweep for NBC

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 6.2/11, CBS: 2.9/ 5, Fox: 1.6/ 3, ABC: 1.4/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 1

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Week:
Fox: +60, CW: no change, ABC: – 7, NBC: – 9, CBS: -19

Ratings Breakdown:
This summer’s top-rated series, “America’s Got Talent,” led NBC to another solid Tuesday victory with a 7.4 rating/13 share in the household overnights. Comparably, that was just six percent below the 7.9/14 on the year-ago evening and it led into a dominant 3.7/ 7 for “World of Dance” in the 10 p.m. hour. “World of Dance” moves into the Wednesday 8-10 p.m. ET block effective this evening.

As always, nothing this summer on any outlet can compare to the ratings for “America’s Got Talent.”

In season (or, more likely, series finale) news, ABC legal drama “The Last Defense” concluded with a mere 1.2/ 2 in the household overnights at 10 p.m., which finished a distant third in the hour.

Also original last night was Fox’s pairing of game shows “Beat Shazam!” (#4: 1.7/ 3 at 8 p.m.) and “Love Connection” (#3: 1.5/ 3 at 9 p.m.), which cannot compete. And The CW featured dramas “The 100” (#5: 0.6/ 1) and recently introduced “The Outpost” (#5: 0.5/ 1 at 9 p.m.).

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Tuesday, July 24 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.5/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.9/13 (#1)
Fox – “Beat Shazam!”: 1.7/ 3 (#4)
CW – “The 100”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle” (R): 1.6/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.5/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 7.3/13 (#1)
Fox – “Beat Shazam!”: 1.7/ 3 (#4)
CW – “The 100”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3t)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 2.4/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 7.5/13 (#1)
Fox – “Love Connection”: 1.5/ 3 (#3t)
CW – “The Outpost”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 7.7/13 (#1)
Fox – “Love Connection”: 1.5/ 3 (#3)
CW – “The Outpost”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Last Defense” (season or series finale): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.7/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “World of Dance”: 4.0/ 7 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Last Defense” (season or series finale): 1.3/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.8/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “World of Dance”: 3.5/ 7 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research