No Tuesday Ratings 'Wipeout' for ABC
'America's Got Talent' helps NBC win the overall ratings crown, while ABC claims the demo
NBC's "America's Got Talent" had more eyeballs, but the premieres of two ABC extreme reality shows drew in younger viewers on Tuesday.
Overall, NBC averaged a 6.6 rating/11 share, comfortably ahead of the 5.0/9 for CBS and the 4.8/8 for ABC. FOX's 3.5/6 was good for fourth, while The CW's 1.0/2 brought up the rear.
Among adults 18-49, though, ABC's averaged a 3.1 rating, beating NBC's 2.8 rating to win the key demographic. FOX moved up to third with a 2.4 rating. CBS' 1.4 rating and the 0.6 rating for The CW trailed.
In the 8 p.m. hour, NBC's "Celebrity Family Feud" had a 5.8/10, edging the 5.7/10 for ABC's "Wipeout," though the splashy ABC series averaged more viewers and dominated the young adult demos. CBS' "NCIS" was third with a 5.2/9, while FOX's "Hell's Kitchen" encore and The CW's "Beauty and the Geek" drew minimal attention.
NBC grabbed a commanding lead at 9 p.m. with the 6.8/11 for "America's Got Talent." CBS' "48 Hours Mystery" took second, beating the 4.8/8 for FOX's new "Hell's Kitchen." ABC's "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" lost much of its lead-in, falling to a 4.4/7, but still finished second in the demo. The CW's "Reaper" had a 1.2/2.
"America's Got Talent" closed strong for NBC with a 7.2/12 in the 10 p.m. hour. CBS' "Without a Trace" had a 4.6/8, edging ABC's Amish-centric "Primetime" special.
Fall TV
What's new, what's coming back and what to watch.
Emmy Awards
Find everything you need to know about the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Pick your favorite channels
Customize our TV listings to show only the channels you care about.
Get Zap2it delivered
Sign up for our new daily e-mail newsletter so you'll always know what to watch and where to watch it.
More Headlines
'Veronica Mars' Team Will 'Party Down' With Starz
John McCain Sets Pow-Wow with David Letterman
'Knight Rider' Gets Written Up
Love Lines with 'Valentine's' Christine Lakin
Jeff Hephner Shows Interest in 'Easy Money'
TV Review: 'My Own Worst Enemy'
'30 Rock' Rolls with Salma Hayek
Daily Blog
Contests and Giveaways
RSS Feeds
-
Zap2it.com offers several content feeds you can use in RSS news readers. Click on the feeds you're interested in for instructions on adding them to My Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other readers.

TV and Movies 
TV news 
Movie news 
From Inside the Box 
It Happened Last Night 
Celebrity News 
Zap2it's Guide to 'American Idol' 
Zap2it's Guide to 'Lost' 
Zap2it's Guide to 'Gossip Girl'






