The Emmy Awards telecast on NBC topped the ratings for the past week. But even with two nights of “America’s Got Talent” also in the top four, NBC was still beaten by CBS, with its mostly reruns slate, in the Household ratings and managed only a three-way tie for first in the key 18-49 demo.
In HH CBS scored a 4.2 average rating and 8 share, with NBC at 4.0/7, Fox 3.1/6, ABC 2.7/5, Univision 1.8/3, Ion 0.9/2, CW 0.6/1, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 the three-way tie at 1.8/6 included CBS, NBC and Fox, with Univision at 1.4/5, ABC 1.3/4, Telemundo and Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura and CW 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs.
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 8/23/10 – 8/29/10 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
1 |
EMMY AWARDS(S) |
NBC |
8.4 |
14 |
13503 |
2 |
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE |
NBC |
6.5 |
11 |
10795 |
3 |
NFL ON FOX PRESEASON 3(S) |
FOX |
6.1 |
10 |
10127 |
3 |
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED |
NBC |
6.1 |
10 |
10524 |
5 |
NCIS |
CBS |
5.9 |
10 |
9190 |
6 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
5.8 |
11 |
8737 |
7 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
5.5 |
9 |
8393 |
8 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
5.3 |
8 |
8359 |
9 |
BIG BROTHER 12-WED |
CBS |
4.7 |
8 |
7990 |
10 |
BIG BROTHER 12-THU |
CBS |
4.6 |
8 |
7874 |
10 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
4.6 |
8 |
6961 |
12 |
BIG BROTHER 12-SUN |
CBS |
4.5 |
8 |
7796 |
13 |
WIPEOUT-TUES |
ABC |
4.4 |
8 |
7983 |
14 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
4.3 |
7 |
6474 |
14 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
4.3 |
8 |
6623 |
16 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
4.2 |
7 |
6376 |
17 |
CSI: NY |
CBS |
4.1 |
7 |
6123 |
18 |
NFL PRE-SEASON FTBLL(S) |
CBS |
3.9 |
8 |
6441 |
18 |
MINUTE TO WIN IT-WED |
NBC |
3.9 |
7 |
6441 |
18 |
CSI |
CBS |
3.9 |
7 |
6119 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |