World of Dance season 1 explained
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The first season of American reality dance competition World of Dance premiered May 30, 2017, on NBC. Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough served as the judges, with Jenna Dewan serving as host. Hip hop dancers Les Twins, from Paris, France, were crowned as the winners of the $1,000,000 prize on August 8, 2017. Fourteen-year-old contemporary dancer Eva Igo and Latin/Swing group Swing Latino were named first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Dancers
Junior (under 18)
width=10% | Dance act | Age(s) | width=13% | Hometown | width=10% | Dance style | width=10% | Elimination date | width=10% | Placement | width=9% | Average Score | width=7% | Qualifier | width=7% | Duel | width=6% | Cut | width=8% | Divisional Final | width=12% | World Final |
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Eva Igo | 14 | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota | Contemporary | – | World Final (2nd Place) | 92.3 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 92.5 | 96.7 | 93.7 |
Diana Pombo | 11 | Miami, Florida | Contemporary | August 1, 2017 | Divisional Final | 90.6 | 89.7 | 91.3 | 92.0 | 89.3 | – |
The Mihacevich Sisters | 12–16 | Brunswick, Ohio | Contemporary | July 18, 2017 | The Cut | 84.5 | 87.0 | 81.0 | 85.5 | – | – |
ImmaBEAST | – | Los Angeles, California | Hip-Hop | July 18, 2017 | The Cut | – | – | 86.0 | 84.2 | – | – |
The Lab | – | West Covina, California | Hip-Hop | July 18, 2017 | The Cut | 89.0 | 91.3 | 89.7 | 86.0 | – | – |
D'Angelo and Amanda | 16/17 | Miami, Florida | Ballroom | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | 83.5 | 88.3 | 78.7 | – | – | – |
Mini ReQuest | – | Auckland, New Zealand | Hip-Hop | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 85.7 | – | – | – |
Boys of Temecula | – | Temecula, California | Jazz | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | 82.5 | 80.3 | 84.7 | – | – | – |
The Posse | – | San Jose, California | Contemporary | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | 85.0 | 84.0 | 86.0 | – | – | – |
KynTay | – | Alberta, Canada | Hip-Hop/Jazz | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 84.2 | 85.7 | 82.7 | – | – | – |
801 Squad | – | Orem, Utah | – | June 13, 2017 | Qualifiers | 79.3 | 79.3 | – | – | – | – |
JJ and Joey | – | Johnston, Rhode Island | – | June 6, 2017 | Qualifiers | 78.0 | 78.0 | – | – | – | – |
Kaeli and Brandon | – | Ashburn, Virginia | – | June 6, 2017 | Qualifiers | 77.7 | 77.7 | – | – | – | – | |
Upper (18 and over, up to 4 members)
width=10% | Dance act | Age(s) | width=13% | Hometown | width=10% | Dance style | width=10% | Elimination date | width=10% | Placement | width=9% | Average Score | width=7% | Qualifier | width=7% | Duel | width=6% | Cut | width=8% | Divisional Final | width=12% | World Final |
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Les Twins | 28 | Paris, France | Hip-Hop | – | 1st Place | 94.4 | 95.7 | 92.0 | 93.5 | 97.7 | 93.8 |
Keone and Mari | 29/31 | San Diego, California | Urban Dance | August 1, 2017 | Divisional Final | 91.3 | 85.0 | 91.3 | 93.2 | 95.0 | – |
Luka & Jenalyn | 19/16 | Toronto, Ontario | Cabaret Ballroom | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 85.3 | 86.7 | 88.7 | 80.5 | – | – |
Fik-Shun | 22 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Freestyle Street Dancer | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 88.6 | 91.0 | 90.7 | 84.2 | – | – |
Pasión | – | Santa Barbara, California | Flamenco | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 84.6 | 87.7 | 87.3 | 78.8 | – | – |
DNA | – | New York City, New York | Ballroom | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | 83.2 | 86.0 | 80.3 | – | – | – |
Kings Unite | – | Los Angeles, California | Hip-Hop | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 83.7 | – | – | – |
Kyle Van Newkirk | 20 | Morrill, Nebraska | Tap | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | 83.4 | 80.7 | 86.0 | – | – | – |
Nick Daniels | 18 | Miami, Florida | Contemporary | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 87.4 | 87.0 | 87.7 | – | – | – |
Quick Style | – | Oslo, Norway | Hip-Hop | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 88.0 | 86.7 | 89.3 | – | – | – |
Trent Jeray | – | Memphis, Tennessee | – | June 13, 2017 | Qualifiers | 79.3 | 79.3 | – | – | – | – |
Vibration | – | Miami, Florida | – | June 13, 2017 | Qualifiers | 78.0 | 78.0 | – | – | – | – | |
Team (18 and over, 5–15 members)
width=10% | Dance act | Age(s) | width=13% | Hometown | width=10% | Dance style | width=10% | Elimination date | width=10% | Placement | width=9% | Average Score | width=7% | Qualifier | width=7% | Duel | width=6% | Cut | width=8% | Divisional Final | width=12% | World Final |
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Swing Latino | – | Cali, Colombia | Salsa | – | World Final (3rd Place) | 92.4 | 89.3 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 94.7 | 93.2 |
Kinjaz | – | Los Angeles, California | Urban Dance | August 1, 2017 | Divisional Final | 92.0 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 93.5 | 92.3 | – |
Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | – | Los Angeles, California | Urban Dance | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 86.1 | 83.7 | 85.7 | 89.0 | – | – |
Chapkis Dance Family | – | Suisun City, California | Hip-Hop | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 87.8 | 89.0 | 88.7 | 85.8 | – | – |
Super Cr3w | – | Las Vegas, Nevada | B-Boy | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 88.6 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 88.8 | – | – |
Jabbawockeez | – | Las Vegas, Nevada | Hip-Hop | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | 85.7 | 86.7 | 84.7 | – | – | – |
Rhythmatic | – | New York City, New York | Tap | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 86.3 | – | – | – |
Rouge | – | Los Angeles, California | Hip-Hop/Jazz | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 80.0 | – | – | – |
Stroll Groove | – | Los Angeles, California | Stepping | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 81.3 | – | – | – |
Royal Flux | – | Los Angeles, California | Contemporary | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 86.3 | – | – | – |
Miami All-Stars | – | Miami, Florida | Latin Jazz | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 84.7 | 81.0 | 88.3 | – | – | – |
Fuze | – | Los Angeles, California | – | June 6, 2017 | Qualifiers | 77.3 | 77.3 | – | – | – | – |
Nxt Lvl | – | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Clogging | May 30, 2017 | Qualifiers | 77.0 | 77.0 | – | – | – | – | |
Despite their Qualifier performance not being shown, this act's hometown and dance style were made available on the
World of Dance website. Therefore, these acts do not have a determined average score.
MiniRequest, Kings Unite & Rhythmatic were the only groups not to have a full performance featured during their time on the show.
Qualifiers
In each round of the Qualifiers, the dance acts will perform a 2-minute routine in front of the judges and a live audience. They will be scored by the judges in 5 categories: Performance, Technique, Choreography, Creativity & Presentation. Each category is worth 20 points with a perfect score of 100. For the dance act to progress forward, they must receive an average score of 80 or higher.
Color key:
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Part 1: May 30
Part 2: June 6
Part 3: June 13
The Duels
In each round of The Duels, two acts in the same division compete for a spot in the next round. In each division, the acts with the top qualifying scores choose their opponents, then both acts perform back-to-back, receiving feedback from the judges. After each performance, the judges will score them in the 5 categories: Performance, Technique, Creativity, Choreography & Presentation. Unlike the Qualifiers, only the final average for each act is shown. The act with the highest average at the end of the duel moves on to the next round, the other faces immediate elimination.
Rank! scope="col" colspan="2" Upper | Team | Junior |
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Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score |
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1 | Les Twins | 95.7 | Kinjaz | 91.0 | The Lab | 91.3 |
2 | Fik-Shun | 91.0 | Swing Latino | 89.3 | Diana Pombo | 89.7 |
3 | Pasión | 87.7 | Chapkis Dance Family | 89.0 | bgcolor= lightblue | D'Angelo & Amanda | 88.3 |
4 | bgcolor= lightblue | Nick Daniels | 87.0 | Super Cr3w | 88.0 | Eva Igo | 88.0 |
5 | Luka & Jenalyn | 86.7 | bgcolor= lightblue | Jabbawockeez | 86.7 | The Mihacevich Sisters | 87.0 |
6 | bgcolor= lightblue | Quick Style | 86.7 | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | 83.7 | bgcolor= lightblue | KynTay | 85.7 |
7 | bgcolor= lightblue | DNA | 86.0 | bgcolor= lightblue | Royal Flux | – | bgcolor= lightblue | The Posse | 84.0 |
8 | Keone & Mari | 85.0 | bgcolor= lightblue | Rouge | – | Immabeast | – |
9 | bgcolor= lightblue | Kyle Van Newkirk | 80.7 | bgcolor= lightblue | Miami All-Stars | 81.0 | bgcolor= lightblue | Boys of Temecula | 80.3 |
10 | bgcolor= lightblue | Kings Unite | – | bgcolor= lightblue | Stroll Grove | – | bgcolor= lightblue | Mini ReQuest | – |
11 | – | – | bgcolor= lightblue | Rhythmatic | – | – | – | |
The Cut
In The Cut, the 15 remaining acts compete for two spots in each of their divisions. As each dance act competes, their final score is displayed on a leaderboard for their division. Once a dance act's score falls out of the top 2, they face immediate elimination. For this round, each of the judges became mentors for one of the divisions; Jennifer worked with the Juniors, Derek worked with the Upper acts and Ne-Yo worked with the Teams. Guest judge Misty Copeland joined the panel for this segment.
Rank! scope="col" colspan="3" Upper | Team | Junior |
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Name | Score | Cut Rank | Name | Score | Cut Rank | Name | Score | Cut Rank |
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1 | Les Twins | 92.0 | 1 | Swing Latino | 91.7 | 2 | Diana Pombo | 91.3 | 2 |
2 | Keone & Mari | 91.3 | 2 | Kinjaz | 91.3 | 1 | bgcolor= pink | The Lab | 89.7 | 3 |
3 | bgcolor= pink | Fik-Shun | 90.7 | 3 | bgcolor= pink | Super Cr3w | 89.0 | 4 | Eva Igo | 89.0 | 1 |
4 | bgcolor= pink | Luka & Jenalyn | 88.7 | 4 | bgcolor= pink | Chapkis Dance Family | 88.7 | 5 | bgcolor= pink | Immabeast | 86.0 | 5 |
5 | bgcolor= pink | Pasión | 87.3 | 5 | bgcolor= pink | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | 85.7 | 3 | bgcolor= pink | The Mihacevich Sisters | 81.0 | 4 | |
Episode | Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges' Score |
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Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Misty | Derek | AVERAGE |
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Part 1
| 1 | Junior | Diana Pombo | "Rise Up" – Andra Day | 91 | 93 | 94 | 90 | 92.0 |
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2 | ImmaBEAST | "Look At Me Now" – Chris Brown | – | – | – | – | 84.2 |
3 | The Mihacevich Sisters | "Beautiful Thing" – Grace VanderWaal | 84 | 85 | 85 | 88 | 85.5 |
4 | The Lab | "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent | 87 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 86.0 |
5 | Eva Igo | "Creep" – Ember Island | 90 | 92 | 95 | 93 | 92.5 |
6 | Team | Swing Latino | "Welcome To The Party" – Har-You Percussion Group | 91 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 92.5 |
7 | Super Cr3w | "Let It Go" – James Bay | 86 | 85 | 89 | 95 | 88.8 |
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Part 2
| 1 | Team | Kinjaz | "No Limit" – Usher | 93 | 90 | 96 | 95 | 93.5 |
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2 | Chapkis Dance Family | "Work Bitch" – Britney Spears | – | – | – | – | 85.8 |
3 | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | "Have Mercy" – Eryn Allen Kane | 83 | 89 | 93 | 91 | 89.0 |
4 | Upper | Luka & Jenalyn | "The Hills" – The Weeknd | 82 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80.5 |
5 | Fik-Shun | "7 Years" – Lukas Graham | 84 | 86 | 82 | 85 | 84.2 |
6 | Pasión | "Livin' La Vida Loca" – Ricky Martin | – | – | – | – | 78.8 |
7 | Les Twins | "Never Know" – 6LACK | 90 | 94 | 98 | 92 | 93.5 |
8 | Keone & Mari | "Darkness And Light" – John Legend ft. Brittany Howard | 94 | 92 | 94 | 93 | 93.2 |
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Divisional Final
In the Divisional Final, the 2 remaining acts in each division square off, with only one act going to the World Final to represent their division. Continuing from the previous round, each of the 3 judges acted as mentors for the divisions; Jennifer worked with the Teams, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper acts and Derek worked with the Juniors. Keone and Mari were awarded the first and only 100 score of the entire season by Ne-Yo during the Divisional Final.
Rank! scope="col" colspan="2" Upper | Team | Junior |
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Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score |
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1 | Les Twins | 93.5 | bgcolor= lightgreen | Kinjaz | 93.5 | Eva Igo | 92.5 |
2 | bgcolor= lightgreen | Keone & Mari | 93.2 | Swing Latino | 92.5 | bgcolor= lightgreen | Diana Pombo | 92.0 | |
Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges' Score |
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Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
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1 | Team | Kinjaz | "Work Song" – Hozier | 91 | 91 | 95 | 92.3 |
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2 | Swing Latino | "Gracias A La Vida" – Mercedes Sosa | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94.7 |
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3 | Upper | Keone & Mari | "The Way You Look Tonight" – Frank Sinatra | 100 | 90 | 95 | 95.0 |
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4 | Les Twins | "Some Minds" – Flume ft. Andrew Wyatt | 99 | 99 | 95 | 97.7 |
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5 | Junior | Diana Pombo | "Wild Things" – Alessia Cara | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89.3 |
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6 | Eva Igo | "Ready Or Not" – Mischa "Book" Chillak ft. Esthero | 96 | 97 | 97 | 96.7 | |
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World Final
In the World Final, the final 3 acts competed head to head to win the one million dollar prize. As with the previous 2 rounds, the judges became mentors for each of the finalists; Jennifer worked with Les Twins, Derek worked with Swing Latino and Ne-Yo worked with Eva. Each of the 3 finalists performed twice; The first performance's music was chosen by one of the judges and the second was chosen by the finalist. After each performance, the final scores were displayed on a leaderboard. The winner of the World Finals was determined by the judges combined average scores from both performances. After the final performances, Les Twins were announced as the winners of World of Dance; their final combined score of 93.8 just barely edged out Eva Igo by 0.1 points.
Order | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges' Score |
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Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
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1 | Les Twins | "Stole The Show" – Kygo ft. Parson James | 92 | 92 | 95 | 93.0 |
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2 | Swing Latino | "Conga" – Gloria Estefan | 91 | 89 | 95 | 91.7 |
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3 | Eva Igo | "In the Air Tonight" – Natalie Taylor | 90 | 90 | 93 | 91.0 |
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4 | Eva Igo | "Alive" – Sia | 95 | 96 | 98 | 96.3 |
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5 | Swing Latino | "Magdalena, Mi Amor (Quimbara)" – DLG (Dark Latin Groove) | 93 | 95 | 96 | 94.7 |
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6 | Les Twins | "Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson | 94 | 97 | 93 | 94.7 | |
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Final Scores
Les Twins (93.8)
Eva Igo (93.7)
Swing Latino (93.2)
Contestants who appeared on other shows
Highest Scoring Dances
Name | Division | Round | Judges' Scores |
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Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Misty | Derek | AVERAGE |
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Les Twins | Upper | Divisional Final | 99 | 99 | – | 95 | 97.7 |
Eva Igo | Junior | Divisional Final | 96 | 97 | – | 97 | 96.7 |
Eva Igo | Junior | World Final | 95 | 96 | – | 98 | 96.3 |
Les Twins | Upper | Qualifiers | 95 | 96 | – | 96 | 95.7 |
Keone & Mari | Upper | Divisional Final | 100 | 90 | – | 95 | 95.0 |
Swing Latino | Team | Divisional Final | 95 | 95 | – | 94 | 94.7 |
Swing Latino | Team | World Final | 93 | 95 | – | 96 | 94.7 |
Les Twins | Upper | World Final | 94 | 97 | – | 93 | 94.7 |
Kinjaz | Team | The Cut | 93 | 90 | 96 | 95 | 93.5 |
Les Twins | Upper | The Cut | 90 | 94 | 98 | 92 | 93.5 |
Keone & Mari | Upper | The Cut | 94 | 92 | 94 | 93 | 93.3 |
Les Twins | Upper | World Final | 92 | 92 | – | 95 | 93.0 |
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Ratings
Show | Episode title | First air date | Timeslot (EDT) | Rating (18–49) | Share (18–49) | Viewers
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1 | The Qualifiers 1 | May 30, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 2.4 | 9 | 9.71[1] | 2 |
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2 | The Qualifiers 2 | June 6, 2017 | 1.9 | 7 | 8.42[2] | 2 |
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3 | The Qualifiers 3 | June 13, 2017 | 1.9 | 8 | 8.04[3] | 2 |
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4 | The Duels 1 | June 20, 2017 | 1.8 | 7 | 7.61[4] | 2 |
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5 | The Duels 2 | June 27, 2017 | 1.8 | 8 | 7.51[5] | 2 |
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6 | The Duels 3 | July 11, 2017 | 1.7 | 7 | 7.08[6] | 2 |
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7 | The Cut 1 | July 18, 2017 | 1.6 | 7 | 6.91[7] | 2 |
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8 | The Cut 2 | July 25, 2017 | 1.6 | 7 | 6.88[8] | 2 |
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9 | Divisional Final | August 1, 2017 | 1.7 | 7 | 7.00[9] | 2 |
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10 | World Final | August 8, 2017 | 1.9 | 8 | 8.00[10] | 2 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: 'America's Got Talent' adjusts up, 'Imaginary Mary' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170603225306/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-may-30-2017/. dead. June 3, 2017. Porter. Rick. June 1, 2017. TV by the Numbers. June 1, 2017.
- Web site: 'America's Got Talent' adjusts up, 'iZombie' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170611064850/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-june-6-2017/. dead. June 11, 2017. Porter. Rick. June 7, 2017. TV by the Numbers. June 7, 2017.
- Web site: 'America's Got Talent' adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170615020811/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-june-13-2017/. dead. June 15, 2017. Porter. Rick. June 14, 2017. TV by the Numbers. June 14, 2017.
- Web site: 'The Flash' and 'American Housewife' encores adjust down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170622005113/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-june-20-2017/. dead. June 22, 2017. Welch. Alex. June 21, 2017. TV by the Numbers. June 21, 2017.
- Web site: 'America's Got Talent' adjusts up, 'World of Dance' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170630073733/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-june-27-2017/. dead. June 30, 2017. Porter. Rick. June 28, 2017. TV by the Numbers. June 28, 2017.
- Web site: America's Got Talent' and All-Star Game adjust up: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170715115142/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-july-11-2017/. dead. July 15, 2017. Porter. Rick. July 12, 2017. TV by the Numbers. July 12, 2017.
- Web site: 'America's Got Talent' adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720033345/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-july-18-2017/. dead. July 20, 2017. Porter. Rick. July 19, 2017. TV by the Numbers. July 19, 2017.
- Web site: 'World of Dance' and 'Somewhere Between' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170726224544/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-july-25-2017/. dead. July 26, 2017. Porter. Rick. July 26, 2017. TV by the Numbers. July 26, 2017.
- Web site: 'America's Got Talent' adjusts up, 'World of Dance' and 'Somewhere Between' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050334/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-aug-1-2017/. dead. August 3, 2017. Porter. Rick. August 2, 2017. TV by the Numbers. August 2, 2017.
- Web site: 'Somewhere Between' and 'World of Dance' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810013806/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-aug-8-2017/. dead. August 10, 2017. Porter. Rick. August 9, 2017. TV by the Numbers. August 9, 2017.