Tuesday TV Ratings: NBA Basketball & ‘America’s Got Talent’ Battle It Out

Jim Halterman September 2, 2020, 1:00 pm

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The usually dominant America’s Got Talent took a hit on Tuesday, September 1 thanks to ABC’s NBA playoffs game between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz. While NBC’s AGT won the night in total viewers (6.1 million), the 18-49 demo belongs to the NBA with a 0.9 rating (AGT grabbed a 0.7 rating).

As for the premiere of Canadian medical drama Transplant, the split with the NBA mirrored what happened in the 8-10pm timeslot. Transplant came in in second at 10 p.m. behind the NBA game in 18-49 but took the lead with 4.0 million total viewers.

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Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, September 1, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	America’s Got Talent (NBC)	0.7	6.1
	NCIS – R (CBS)	0.5	4.2
	NBA Countdown R (ABC)	0.5	2.3
	Hell’s Kitchen – R (Fox)	0.3	1.2
	Dead Pixels (CW)	0.1	442,000
8:30 p.m.	NBA Playoffs First Round (ABC)	0.9	2.7
	Dead Pixels – R (CW)	0.1	229,000
9 p.m.	Love Island (CBS)	0.4	1.7
	Prodigal Son – R (Fox)	0.2	719,000
	Tell Me A Story (CW)	0.1	288,000
10 p.m.	Transplant – P (NBC)	0.4	4.0
	FBI: Most Wanted – R (CBS)	0.3	2.1