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[06/12/19 - 08:14 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: "America's Got Talent" Wins Showdown with "The Bachelorette"
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 (6/11/19):

NBC (7.691 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1) held off the competition on Tuesday thanks to new episodes of "America's Got Talent" (9.335 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1) and "Songland" (4.404 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3).

ABC (4.209 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #2) then had to settle for second with a special "The Bachelorette" (4.713 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #2) and the premiere of "Press Your Luck" (3.201 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4).

Next up was CBS (4.441 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #3) with repeats of "NCIS" (5.069 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) and "FBI" (4.491 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) plus a new "Blood & Treasure" (3.764 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.808 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) opted for repeats of "9-1-1" (1.935 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) and another "9-1-1" (1.680 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #9).

And finally, a repeat "The Flash" (0.855 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) and "The 100" (0.902 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) rounded out the evening over on The CW (0.879 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - The 100 (vs. 5/28/19)
-6.25% - America's Got Talent
-10.00% - Songland
-13.33% - The Bachelorette (vs. 6/3/19)
-20.00% - Blood & Treasure

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+145.28% - The Bachelorette (vs. Various (Repeats))
+60.00% - Press Your Luck (vs. The Last Defense)
-20.00% - Blood & Treasure (vs. 48 Hours: NCIS)
-31.82% - America's Got Talent
-33.33% - The 100
-40.00% - Songland (vs. World of Dance)

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; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.4/7; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.4/4 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; "Late Show," 0.3/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/3 with an encore.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.0/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 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; CBS's "Late Late Show," 1.0/4. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.2/2 in 18-49; "Late Late Show," 0.2/2.

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.1/1 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.


Here are the highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (6/12/18):

NBC (9.562 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1) eclipsed the competition on Tuesday thanks to new episodes of "America's Got Talent" (11.266 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.2, #1) and "World of Dance" (6.155 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2).

FOX (1.967 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #2) then was a distant second with fresh installments from "Beat Shazam" (2.288 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3) and "Love Connection" (1.647 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

Next up was CBS (5.104 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) and its mix of "NCIS" (5.952 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5), "Bull" (4.997 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5) and "48 Hours: NCIS" (4.363 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

Meanwhile, ABC (2.428 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) offered up repeats of "The Middle" (2.907 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #4), another "The Middle" (2.339 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5), "Black-ish" (2.000 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5), another "Black-ish" (2.004 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5) and the premiere of "The Last Defense" (2.658 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

And finally, repeats of "The Flash" (1.121 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T13) and "The 100" (1.009 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T13) on The CW (1.065 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.3, #5) rounded out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - America's Got Talent
0.00% - Beat Shazam
0.00% - 48 Hours: NCIS
0.00% - Love Connection
-6.25% - World of Dance

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+75.00% - Beat Shazam (vs. Lethal Weapon (Repeat))
+66.67% - Love Connection (vs. The Mick/Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Repeats))
+25.00% - 48 Hours: NCIS
0.00% - The Last Defense (vs. American Housewife/Fresh Off the Boat (Repeats))
-12.00% - America's Got Talent
-21.05% - World of Dance

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," 1.9/5; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.4/7; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.7/5.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.6/4; "Late Show," 0.3/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/3.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.1/4 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," 1.2/4 in metered-market households; CBS's "Late Late Show," 1.1/4. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.3/3 in 18-49; "Late Late Show," 0.2/1.

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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