Tuesday Overnights: Easy Victory for NBC

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 5.0/ 9, CBS: 2.9/ 5, ABC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 1.3/ 2, CW: 0.4/ 1

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
CW: no change, NBC and Fox: – 7 each, ABC: – 8, CBS: -12,

Ratings Breakdown:
NBC, not surprisingly, led the Tuesday overnights care of “America’s Got Talent.” The summer staple scored a 6.3 rating/11 share in households from 8-10 p.m. ET, which more than doubled competing “Bachelor in Paradise” on ABC (#2: 3.1/ 5). Both series will remain non-traditional mainstays for years into the future.

In series premiere news, “Mysteries Decoded” opened on The CW with a 0.4/ 1 in the household overnights at 9 p.m. Comparably, that was one-tenth of a rating point below lead-in sci-fi drama “Pandora” (#5: 0.5/ 1 at 8 p.m.), which was consistent from one week earlier.

Despite the ample lead-in support, NBC’s freshman “Bring the Funny” dipped to second at 10 p.m. with a 2.5/ 5 in households. Tops in the hour was an encore telecast of “NCIS: New Orleans” on CBS at a 29/ 6.

Elsewhere, “First Responders Live” on Fox scored a 1.4/ 3 (#4) in the 9 p.m. hour. The remainder of the evening were repeat telecasts as follows:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise”: 3.5/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.1/ 6 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.1/11 (#1)
Fox – “Spin the Wheel” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Pandora”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise”: 3.2/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.1/ 6 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.4/12 (#1)
Fox – “Spin the Wheel” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Pandora”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise”: 3.0/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “FBI” (R): 2.8/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.4/11 (#1)
Fox – “First Responders Live”: 1.4/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Mysteries Decoded” (series premiere): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Bachelor in Paradise”: 2.9/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “FBI” (R): 2.8/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.2/11 (#1)
Fox – “First Responders Live”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Mysteries Decoded” (series premiere): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Bless This Mess” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.8/ 5 (#1t)
NBC – “Bring the Funny”: 2.8/ 5 (#1t)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.9/ 6 (#1)
NBC – “Bring the Funny”: 2.1/ 4 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research