NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” once again finished as primetime’s #1 summer TV show in all key metrics for a fifth consecutive year. It also is summer’s most-watched program for 12 out of the last 13 summers (only CBS’s “Under the Dome” outdrew it in summer 2013).
Of the summer’s top 25 scheduled series among adults 18-49, only one was of a scripted nature — the currently-canceled CBS medical drama “Code Black” (which ranked sixth among total viewers).
Almost all summer fare declined from last year; most by double-digits. The lone notable exception was ABC game show “The $100,000 Pyramid”, with double-digit gains in both viewers and adults 18-49.
What follows are the average Live + Same Day rating results for the broadcast network programs for the 2018 summer television season from Thursday, May 24, 2018 thru Sunday, September 23, 2018 [season ranking in respective data category noted in brackets] (percentage changes from the summer 2017 season in parentheses, where available):
America’s Got Talent-Tuesday (NBC, 16 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 2.1/9 (-20%) [#1]; Total Viewers: 11.445 million (-11%) [#1]
America’s Got Talent-Wednesday (NBC, 6 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.7/8 (-23%) [#2]; Total Viewers: 10.763 million (-10%) [#2]
The Bachelorette (ABC, 11 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.5/6 (-5%) [#3]; Total Viewers: 5.838 million (-1%) [#5]
Big Brother-Sunday (CBS, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.5/7 (-16%) [#3]; Total Viewers: 5.447 million (-11%) [#9]
Big Brother-Thursday (CBS, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.5/7 (-18%) [#3]; Total Viewers: 5.366 million (-11%) [#11]
Big Brother-Wednesday (CBS, 12 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.5/8 (-21%) [#3]; Total Viewers: 5.569 million (-12%) [#7]
Bachelor In Paradise-Monday (ABC, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.2/5 (-17%) [#7]; Total Viewers: 4.429 million (-8%) [#14]
World of Dance (NBC, 15 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.2/6 (-34%) [#7]; Total Viewers: 5.520 million (-28%) [#8]
American Ninja Warrior (NBC, 15 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.1/5 (-23%) [#9]; Total Viewers: 5.085 million (-13%) [#12]
Bachelor In Paradise-Tuesday (ABC, 6 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.1/5 (-8%) [#9]; Total Viewers: 4.052 million (-2%) [#18]
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC, 11 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.1/5 (-11%) [#9]; Total Viewers: 6.003 million (-5%) [#3]
MasterChef (Wed 9:00) (FOX, 7 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.1/5 (no change) [#9]; Total Viewers: 3.624 million (no change) [#24]
24 Hours To Hell & Back (FOX, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.0/4 [#13]; Total Viewers: 3.298 million [#27]
MasterChef (Wed 8:00) (FOX, 16 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 1.0/5 (-9%) [#13]; Total Viewers: 3.472 million (-4%) [#25]
The $100,000 Pyramid (ABC, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.9/4 (+15%) [#15]; Total Viewers: 4.905 million (+13%) [#13]
Making It (NBC, 6 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.9/4 [#15]; Total Viewers: 4.010 million [#19]
Dateline NBC-Monday (NBC, 6 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.8/4 [#17]; Total Viewers: 4.358 million [#16]
The Four (FOX, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.8/4 [#17]; Total Viewers: 2.722 million [#37]
Little Big Shots (NBC, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.8/4 [#17]; Total Viewers: 5.921 million [#4]
To Tell The Truth (ABC, 11 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.8/3 [#17]; Total Viewers: 3.886 million [#20]
Beat Shazam (FOX, 14 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.7/3 (-20%) [#21]; Total Viewers: 2.242 million (-21%) [#49]
Code Black (CBS, 7 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.7/3 (-28%) [#21]; Total Viewers: 5.808 million (-3%) [#6]
Dateline Friday (NBC, 11 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.7/3 [#21]; Total Viewers: 3.710 million [#22]
Undercover Boss (CBS, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.7/4 [#21]; Total Viewers: 4.363 million [#15]
20/20-Friday (ABC, 16 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 [#25]; Total Viewers: 3.157 million [#29]
Marlon (Thu 9:30) (NBC, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 (-44%) [#25]; Total Viewers: 2.895 million (-32%) [#33]
Marlon (Thu 9:30) (NBC, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 (-44%) [#25]; Total Viewers: 2.386 million (-44%) [#45]
Match Game (ABC, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 [#25]; Total Viewers: 3.378 million [#26]
The Proposal (ABC, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 [#25]; Total Viewers: 3.046 million [#31]
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (NBC, 3 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 [#25]; Total Viewers: 3.157 million [#29]
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.6/3 (-13%) [#25]; Total Viewers: 2.669 million (no change) [#41]
48 Hours: NCIS (CBS, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 4.241 million [#17]
Castaways (ABC, 7 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.312 million [#47]
The Crossing (ABC, 2 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.726 million [#36]
Dateline Mystery (NBC, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.944 million [#32]
Dateline-Sunday (NBC, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/3 [#32]; Total Viewers: 3.859 million [#21]
Fox Saturday Baseball (FOX, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/3 [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.488 million [#44]
The Gong Show (ABC, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 (-26%) [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.776 million (-1%) [#34]
Love Connection (FOX, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 (-26%) [#32]; Total Viewers: 1.581 million (-32%) [#57]
Shades of Blue (NBC, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 3.162 million [#28]
Supergirl (CW, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 1.734 million [#56]
TKO: Total Knock Out (CBS, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/3 [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.608 million [#42]
Trial & Error (Thu 9:00) (NBC, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/2 [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.280 million [#48]
What Would You Do? (ABC, 13 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.5/3 (-25%) [#32]; Total Viewers: 2.593 million (-20%) [#43]
Elementary (CBS, 14 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 3.669 million [#23]
Ghosted (Sun 9:30) (FOX, 6 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 1.184 million [#59]
Instinct (CBS, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 5.445 million [#10]
The Last Defense (ABC, 7 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 2.065 million [#52]
Quantico (ABC, 9 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/3 [#45]; Total Viewers: 2.677 million [#40]
Reverie (NBC, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 2.103 million [#51]
Take Two (ABC, 12 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 2.685 million [#39]
Trial & Error (Thu 9:30) (NBC, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 1.842 million [#55]
Whistleblower (CBS, 7 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.4/2 [#45]; Total Viewers: 2.737 million [#35]
20/20 Saturday (ABC, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/2 (-27%) [#54]; Total Viewers: 2.151 million (-22%) [#50]
BIG3 Basketball (FOX, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/2 [#54]; Total Viewers: 0.891 million [#63]
The 100 (CW, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/1 [#54]; Total Viewers: 0.870 million [#64]
One Strange Rock (FOX, 10 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/2 [#54]; Total Viewers: 1.112 million [#60]
The Originals (CW, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/1 [#54]; Total Viewers: 0.798 million [#65]
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW, 11 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/1 (-19%) [#54]; Total Viewers: 1.402 million (-5%) [#58]
Pink Collar Crimes (CBS, 7 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/2 [#54]; Total Viewers: 2.027 million [#54]
Salvation (CBS, 12 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/1 (-42%) [#54]; Total Viewers: 2.690 million (-24%) [#38]
Taken (NBC, 4 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/2 [#54]; Total Viewers: 2.042 million [#53]
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (CW, 14 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.3/1 (+3%) [#54]; Total Viewers: 1.082 million (-1%) [#61]
Masters of Illusion (CW, 11 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.2/1 (-5%) [#64]; Total Viewers: 0.943 million (-8%) [#62]
Ransom (CBS, 5 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.2/1 [#64]; Total Viewers: 2.361 million [#46]
Burden of Truth (CW, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.1/1 [#66]; Total Viewers: 0.756 million [#66]
Life Sentence (CW, 3 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.1/1 [#66]; Total Viewers: 0.375 million [#68]
The Outpost (CW, 8 telecasts)
• Adults 18-49: 0.1/1 [#66]; Total Viewers: 0.636 million [#67]
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
