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ABC’s “The Bachelorette” finale was the most-watched show on television for the past week, although the pre-season NFL Football game on NBC topped the key 18-49 demo. NBC won the demo overall, while CBS, with lots of scripted reruns, topped the Household ratings.


In HH CBS scored an average 4.0 rating and 7 share, with ABC and NBC tied at 3.5/6, Fox 2.8/5, Univision 1.7/3, Ion 0.8/1, CW 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and Estrella TV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 NBC was at 1.8/6, Fox 1.7/6, ABC 1.6/5, CBS and Univision 1.4/5, Telemundo and CW 0.4/1, TeleFutura and Ion 0.3/1 and Estrella TV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows:

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 8/2/10 – 8/8/10

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

BACHELORETTE, THE

ABC

7.5

13

11735

2

BACHELORETTE:AFTER ROSE(S)

ABC

7.4

13

11324

3

NBC NFL PRE-SEASON 8/8(S)

NBC

6.8

12

11438

4

60 MINUTES

CBS

6.3

12

9399

5

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE

NBC

6.0

10

10368

6

NCIS

CBS

5.9

11

8946

6

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED

NBC

5.9

10

10057

8

NBC NFL PRE-SSN PRKCK 8/8(S)

NBC

5.8

11

9615

9

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

5.4

9

8516

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

5.2

8

8208

11

WIPEOUT-TUES

ABC

4.9

9

8914

12

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

4.8

8

7306

13

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

4.6

8

7176

13

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

4.6

8

7028

15

BIG BROTHER 12-SUN

CBS

4.5

8

7560

16

BIG BROTHER 12-THU

CBS

4.3

8

7139

17

ROOKIE BLUE

ABC

4.2

7

6866

18

BIG BROTHER 12-WED

CBS

4.1

7

6967

18

HELL’S KITCHEN

FOX

4.1

7

7148

18

FLASHPOINT

CBS

4.1

8

6188

Source: The Nielsen Company