Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 09/15/2015

NBC swept the Tuesday night ratings, with the last Tuesday night edition of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT and the series premiere of BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS or as it will now be referenced as BTE/NPH.

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT posted a strong 11.3 million viewers and a 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49. That is slightly down from last year's final Tuesday episode. The Premiere of BTE/NPH easily won the 10 p.m. hour and performed better then the summer occupant of the time slot, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT. The variety show held onto a decent 60% of its lead in, in total viewers, but held onto about 80% of the A18-49 demo.

Night two of DWTS fizzled a bit. Just 5.7 million viewers tuned in to the series, from 9 to 11 p.m. It did beat the ZOO season finale, on CBS and was second during the 10 p.m. hour.

CBS was the #2 network of the night, with BIG BROTHER posting near season average numbers for its only Tuesday night episode. ZOO's numbers were a disappointment falling from last week's ratings, including a million total viewers.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.00 million	0.6	1.0	1.4
CBS	5.30 million	0.7	1.2	1.6
CW	1.30 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.50 million	0.4	0.5	0.6
NBC	9.80 million	1.5	2.2	2.9

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Fresh off The Boat [R]	3.80	0.5	0.9	1.2
8:30	ABC	Fresh off The Boat [R]	3.50	0.5	0.8	1.1
9:00	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	5.70	0.7	1.1	1.5
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.40	1.3	2.0	2.5
9:00	CBS	ZOO (SF)	4.80	0.5	0.9	1.3
10:00	CBS	NCIS: New Orleans [R]	4.80	0.3	0.7	1.0
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	1.30	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	The Flash [R]	1.20	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Movie: Scary Movie	1.50	0.4	0.5	0.6
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	11.30	1.7	2.4	3.1
10:00	NBC	Best Time Ever w/ NPH (SP)	6.80	1.2	1.9	2.4

* - in millions