2 Orlando hopefuls advance on ‘Talent’
From the 5-year-old who sang “My Way” to the 13year-old who channeled Janis Joplin, “America’s Got Talent” drew the most viewers Tuesday night. The NBC contest averaged 11.5 million viewers, according to updated Nielsen figures.
If you blinked, you may have missed two Orlando hopefuls: hula hooper Jenny Klimantova and fire breather Nathan Spare. They both advanced after their first auditions with the judges, a show spokeswoman said.
The show gave more time to a couple of quickchange artists, a singer who had appeared on “Glee,” a male dance group, a female singer who adores Simon Cowell, a comedian with Tourette syndrome and a sassy male singer who strutted through “Proud Mary.”
The 13-year-old with Joplin’s ferocious style earned Howie Mandel’s golden buzzer.
The night’s other ratings standouts were “World of Dance,” also on NBC, with 6.1 million, a repeat of “NCIS” on CBS with 5.9 million and a repeat of “Bull” on CBS with 5 million.
“World of Dance” was ahead of two series at 10 p.m.: “48 Hours: NCIS” on CBS with 4.4 million and the premiere of “The Last Defense,” a docu-series on ABC, with 2.7 million.
On the cable news side, “Hannity” was the night’s leader for an interview with President Donald Trump. The Fox News Channel show drew 4.1 million viewers opposite MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show” (2.5 million) and CNN’s new “Cuomo Primetime” (1 million).
At 8 p.m., Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” brought in 3.2 million viewers. He was ahead of MSNBC’s “All in With Chris Hayes” (1.6 million) and CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” (with 1.1 million).
At 10, Fox News’ “Ingraham Angle” averaged 3.4 million. MSNBC’s “Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell” was the choice of 2 million. “CNN Tonight With Don Lemon” drew 993,000.
The broadcast network prime-time averages: NBC with 9.7 million viewers; CBS with 5.1 million; ABC with 2.4 million; Fox with 2 million; and The CW with 520,000. Fox offered new episodes of “Beat Shazam” (2.3 million) and “Love Connection” (1.7 million).
With 18-to-49 viewers, NBC easily won. Fox placed second, edging CBS and ABC.
The cable news primetime averages: Fox News with 3.4 million; MSNBC with 2.1 million; and CNN with 1 million.
With viewers aged 25-to-54 — the favorites of news advertisers — Fox News pulled in 782,000 to MSNBC’s 468,000 and CNN’s 321,000.