Week 45: 'America's Got Talent' is the drive behind NBC

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Led by the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of “America’s Got Talent,” which were the #1 and #2 programs of the week in adults 18-49 and total viewers, NBC averaged a 1.3 rating, 4 share in adults 18-49 and 5.0 million viewers overall for the week of July 25-31, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.
 
For the week, NBC tied for #2 among ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW in adults 18-49 and ranked #2 outright in total viewers.


Tuesday’s two-hour edition of “America’s Got Talent” was the #1 program of the week in adults 18-49, adults 18-34, adults 25-54, total viewers and other key measures.  Wednesday’s “America’s Got Talent” results show ranked #2 among all programs in primetime’s key demographic of adults 18-49.  Also ranking among the top programs of the week in adults 18-49 was “Love In The Wild” (#19, tied).

With 11.5 million and 10.7 million viewers overall respectively, the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of “America’s Got Talent” were the #1 and #2 programs of the week in total viewers. 

Primetime averages for the week of July 25-31 in adults 18-49 were Fox (1.6/5), ABC, CBS and NBC (1.3/4) and CW (0.3/1).  In overall total viewers the weekly averages were CBS (6.0 million), NBC (5.0 million), ABC (4.6 million), Fox (4.1 million) and CW (0.7 million).

(source: NBC)