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[08/29/18 - 08:15 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC, "Got Talent" Continue Win Streak
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)

Here are the highlights of the 11 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (8/28/18):

NBC (8.410 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1) continued its win streak on Tuesday with originals from "America's Got Talent" (10.638 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1) and "Making It" (3.954 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #3).

ABC (3.558 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #2) then was the silver draw with fresh installments from "Bachelor in Paradise" (4.149 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #2) and "Castaways" (2.376 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4).

Next up was CBS (4.987 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #3) with repeats of "NCIS" (5.768 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4), "Bull" (4.664 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4) and "NCIS: New Orleans" (4.529 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.516 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4) offered up second runs of "Beat Shazam" (1.740 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4) and "Love Connection" (1.292 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #9).

And finally, a repeat "The Flash" (0.711 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) and a new "The Outpost" (0.661 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) closed out the evening on The CW (0.686 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+100.00% - The Outpost
0.00% - Bachelor in Paradise
0.00% - Castaways
-10.00% - America's Got Talent
-20.00% - Making It

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+25.00% - Castaways (vs. Somewhere Between)
0.00% - The Outpost (vs. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (Repeat))
-8.33% - Bachelor in Paradise
-33.33% - Making It (vs. Hollywood Game Night)
-33.33% - America's Got Talent

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.5/4 with an encore telecast; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 1.9/5 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.2/4 with an encore.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.4/3 with an encore; "Late Show," 0.3/2 with an encore; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/3 with an encore.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 0.9/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, ratings were: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore; CBS's "Late Late Show," 1.0/4 with an encore. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.2/2 in 18-49 with an encore; "Late Late Show," 0.2/1 with an encore.

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.5/2 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.1/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.


Here are the highlights of the 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (8/29/17):

NBC (10.471 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.2, #1) was the network to beat on Tuesday with originals from "America's Got Talent" (13.194 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.7, #1) and "Hollywood Game Night" (5.026 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T2).

ABC (3.490 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2) then was the silver draw with new episodes of "Bachelor in Paradise" (4.323 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T2) and "Somewhere Between" (1.824 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7).

Next up was CBS (5.424 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #3) with repeats of "NCIS" (6.007 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #4), "Bull" (5.141 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5) and "NCIS: New Orleans" (5.123 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

FOX (1.647 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4), meanwhile, offered up second runs of "Lethal Weapon" (1.976 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7), "The Mick" (1.420 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7) and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (1.213 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #10).

And finally, repeats of "The Flash" (0.857 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (0.793 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) likewise rounded out the night on The CW (0.825 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+9.09% - Hollywood Game Night
+9.09% - Bachelor in Paradise
+3.85% - America's Got Talent
0.00% - Somewhere Between

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+8.00% - America's Got Talent
+4.35% - Bachelor in Paradise
0.00% - Somewhere Between (vs. The Middle/Fresh Off the Boat (Repeats))
-25.00% - Hollywood Game Night (vs. Better Late Than Never)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.8/5 with an encore telecast; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 1.8/5 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.2/4 with an encore.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.6/4 with an encore; "Late Show," 0.3/2 with an encore; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2 with an encore.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households and a 0.2/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, ratings were: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," 1.0/4 in metered-market households with an encore; CBS's "Late Late Show," 0.9/3 with an encore. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.4/3 in 18-49 with an encore; "Late Late Show," 0.2/2 with an encore.

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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