Justin Bieber brought the tears to Fox’s “Knock Knock Live” on Tuesday, but he couldn’t bring the eyeballs.
That said, the show stayed steady week-to-week from its series premiere, so it wasn’t all bad news. Unfortunately, like last night, the debut was a borderline bomb at best — even for the summer.
NBC was first in ratings with a 1.8 rating/7 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 8.4 million, according to preliminary numbers.
“America’s Got Talent” at 8 p.m. ET earned a 2.1/8 and 10.2 million viewers. “Hollywood Game Night” at 10 received a 1.3/4 and 4.7 million viewers.
CBS was second in ratings with a 1.0/4 and in viewers with 6.9 million. Between reruns, “Zoo” at 9 p.m. rose 20 percent to a 1.2/4 and had 7.1 million viewers.
Univision was third in ratings with a 0.8/3 and fourth in viewers with 2 million.
ABC and Telemundo tied for fourth, both with a 0.7/2. ABC was third in total viewers with 2.4 million; Telemundo was sixth with 1.6 million.
For ABC, following repeats, “Extreme Weight Loss” at 9 got a 0.7/2 and 2.3 million viewers.
Fox was sixth in ratings with a 0.6/2 and fifth in viewers with 2 million. “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” at 8 received a 0.6/3 and 2.4 million viewers. “Knock Knock Live” at 9 had a 0.5/2 and 1.6 million viewers.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in viewers with 992,000, airing reruns.