Tuesday Overnights: ‘America’s Got Talent’ Rules on NBC

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 2017

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 6.5/11, CBS: 3.5/ 6, ABC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 1.0/ 2, CW: 0.5/ 1

Note: Comparisons to the year-ago evening are excluded because NBC aired The 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Ratings Breakdown:
NBC stood well above the Tuesday competition once again thanks to “America’s Got Talent” (#1: 8.3 rating/14 share from 8-10 p.m.), which bested the time period premiere of ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise” (3.0/ 5) by a considerable 177 percent in the household overnights. Unfortunately, the Peacock dropped the ball at 10 p.m., with the time period premiere of “Hollywood Game Night” (#2: 3.1/ 5) slipping by 64 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “America’s Got Talent” (8.5/14). Comparably, “Hollywood Game Night” was also 42 percent below the 5.3/10 for the season-finale of “World of Dance” in the time period one week earlier.

Also original last night was failing ABC scripted drama “Somewhere Between” at a mere 1.1/ 2 at 10 p.m.

What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, August 15 by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise” (time period premiere): 3.3/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.8/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 7.7/14 (#1)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise” (time period premiere): 3.1/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.8/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 8.3/14 (#1)
Fox – “Lethal Weapon” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise” (time period premiere): 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 3.2/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 8.6/14 (#1)
Fox – “The Mick” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise” (time period premiere): 2.7/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 3.3/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 8.5/14 (#1)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Somewhere Between”: 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 3.4/ 6 (#1t)
NBC – “Hollywood Game Night” (time period premiere): 3.4/ 6 (#1t)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Somewhere Between”: 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 3.4/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “Hollywood Game Night” (time period premiere): 2.8/ 5 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research