Tuesday TV Ratings: NBC’s ‘AGT’ & ‘World of Dance’ Premieres Win the Night

Jim Halterman May 27, 2020

America's Got Talent Season 15 Premiere — Trae Patton/NBC

NBC ruled Tuesday night’s primetime broadcast television with the season premieres of America’s Got Talent and World of Dance grabbing viewership highs in the 18-49 demographic.

For AGT, the 15th season premiere with new judge Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) making her debut took the lead in both the key demo with a 1.5 rating and in total viewers (9.65 million).

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For its fourth season premiere, World of Dance slipped by more then 4 million viewers in total viewers but came in second for the night with a 1.0 rating, also winning the 10 o’clock hour.

Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	America’s Got Talent – P (NBC)	1.5	9.65
	NCIS – R (CBS)	0.5	5.65
	The Conners – R (ABC)	0.5	2.99
	Hell’s Kitchen – R (Fox)	0.3	1.44
	DC’s Stargirl (CW)	0.3	1.18
8:30 p.m.	The Conners – R (ABC)	0.4	2.60
9 p.m.	FBI – R (CBS)	0.5	4.97
	Our New Reality: A Diane Sawyer Special (ABC)	0.4	2.58
	24 Hours to Hell and Back – R (Fox)	0.3	1.34
	DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (CW)	0.2	770,000
10 p.m.	World of Dance – P (NBC)	1.0	5.14
	FBI: Most Wanted – R (CBS)	0.5	3.97
	The Genetic Detective (ABC)	0.4	3.21