Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 08/21/2018

Powered by AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, NBC sweeps the Tuesday night ratings, The hit summer competition series hauled in 11.0 million viewers and posted a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49. That is up, slightly, from last Tuesday's episode. Newly renewed MAKING IT, lost nearly two-thirds of its total audience lead in and half of the demographic viewers. 

ABC was a solid second on the night, with BACHELOR IN PARADISE and CASTAWAYS equaling last week's numbers. 

FOX and CBS battled it out for a distant third place spot, with CBS doing better in viewers and Adults 25-54, while FOX topped CBS in the A18-34 demo and tied in the key, A18-49 demo. The only original episode between the two nets, BEAT SHAZAM, ranked fourth in the 8 PM hour.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.50 million	0.7	0.9	1.1
CBS	4.70 million	0.2	0.5	0.9
CW	0.60 million	0.1	0.2	0.3
FOX	1.80 million	0.3	0.5	0.7
NBC	8.70 million	1.0	1.7	2.3

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Bachelor in Paradise	4.00	0.9	1.1	1.3
10:00	ABC	Castaways	2.50	0.3	0.5	0.6
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	5.30	0.3	0.6	0.9
9:00	CBS	BULL [R]	4.40	0.2	0.5	0.9
10:00	CBS	NCIS: NO [R]	4.40	0.2	0.5	0.8
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	0.60	0.1	0.2	0.2
9:00	CW	The Outpost	0.60	0.1	0.1	0.2
8:00	FOX	Beat Shazam	2.20	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	FOX	Love Connection [R]	1.30	0.2	0.4	0.6
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	11.00	1.2	2.1	2.8
10:00	NBC	Making It	4.10	0.6	1.0	1.3

* - viewers in millions