‘America’s Got Talent’ leads Tuesday ratings

By Nellie Andreeva

As is has been the case all summer, only veteran reality series could crack the 2 rating among adults 18-49 Tuesday.

Fox’s”Hell’s Kitchen” and NBC’s two-hour “America’s Got Talent” were thehighest rated programs of the night in the demo with a 3.2 rating/9share, with “Talent” leading the primetime pack in total viewers with12.5 million.

CBS’ “Big Brother” drew 8.1 million viewers, its largest audience on any night this summer, and a 2.6/7 in 18-49.

Inthe all-reality 9 p.m. hour, new summer entries “More to Love” on Fox(4.1 million, 1.8/5) and “Shaq Vs.” (3.3 million, 1.3/4) trailed”Talent” and “Brother.”

NBC was No. 1 for the night with anaverage of 10.4 million viewers and a 2.6/8, followed by Fox (5.7million, 2.5/8) and CBS (8.3 million, 1.9/6).