Led by the “NBC Sunday Night Football” preseason Chargers-Cowboys game, which was the #1 telecast of the week on the broadcast networks in adults 18-49 and total viewers, and the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of “America’s Got Talent,” which ranked #2 and #3 this week in total viewers, NBC averaged a 1.6 rating, 5 share in adults 18-49 and 5.5 million viewers overall for the week of August 15-21, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research. For the week, NBC ranked #2 among the broadcast networks in adults 18-49, adults 18-34, adults 25-54 and total viewers.
The “NBC Sunday Night Football” preseason game, in which the San Diego Chargers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 20-7, was the #1 telecast of the week on the broadcast networks in adults 18-49, adults 18-34, adults 25-54 total viewers and other key measures. Also ranking among the top programs of the week in adults 18-49 were the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of “America’s Got Talent (#8 and #9 respectively).
In total viewers, “NBC Sunday Night Football, ” Tuesday’s “America’s Got Talent” and Wednesday’s “America’s Got Talent” results show ranked #1, #2 and #3 respectively among all primetime telecasts on the broadcast networks.
This marks the 10th consecutive week that NBC has programmed the #1 telecast of the week on the broadcast networks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.
Primetime averages for the week of August 15-21 in adults 18-49 were Fox (1.8/6), NBC (1.6/5), CBS (1.4/4), ABC (1.2/4) and CW (0.3/1). In overall total viewers the weekly averages were CBS (6.0 million), NBC (5.5 million), Fox (4.7 million), ABC (4.4 million) and CW (0.8 million).
(source; NBC)
