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Ratings: NBC Tops Tuesday Competition With ‘America’s Got Talent’ Quarter Finals Kickoff

The CW’s ”Mysteries Decoded“ has a rough start

Jennifer Maas | August 14, 2019 @ 8:43 AM
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“America’s Got Talent” began its quarterfinal rounds Tuesday and won itself the title of the highest-rated primetime program of the evening in the process. It also helped home network NBC edge out its broadcast competition to win both the 18-49 demo and total viewers.

Meanwhile, The CW’s new series, “Mysteries Decoded,” started as a mystery to most viewers — as in not many people watched it.

NBC was first in ratings with a 1.2 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 7.2 million, according to preliminary numbers. From 8-10 p.m., “America’s Got Talent” scored a 1.4/7 and 9 million viewers. “Bring the Funny” at 10 brought a 0.7/4 and 3.7 million viewers.

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ABC was second in ratings with a 0.9/5 and third in viewers with 3.2 million. At 8, “Bachelor in Paradise” put up a 1.1/5 and 4.1 million viewers. Back-to-back repeats followed.

CBS was third in ratings with a 0.5/2 and second in viewers with 4.1 million. The network aired only encores during primetime.

Fox and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, each with a 0.4/2. Fox was fourth in viewers with 1.6 million and Telemundo was fifth with 1 million.

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For Fox, following a game-show rerun, “First Responders Live” at 9 settled for a 0.4/2 and 1.7 million viewers.

Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.3/2 and in viewers with 980,000.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in viewers with 545,000. At 8, “Pandora” managed a 0.1/1 and 611,000 viewers. At 9, the series premiere of “Mysteries Decoded” had a 0.1/0 and 456,000 viewers.

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Nielsen sheets cooled off as the months warmed up

Summer is the season for mornings at the beach, afternoons by the grill, and nights spending prime time around the fire pit. Though things have changed a bit in recent years, May-early September is still not the time for TV.  

To date, 23 new summer series have premiered on CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW -- we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below.  

Scroll through our gallery for the full rankings of summer show's debuts. TheWrap will update this post as more new broadcast series start. Find our Fall TV version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.  

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