


“America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC,10.47 million viewersģ. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.50 million viewersĢ. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership for the week.ġ. Prime-time television viewership numbers compiled by The Nielsen Co. “The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” averaged 5.4 million viewers to finish third for the 206th consecutive week. The “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” finished first among the network nightly newscasts for the 98th time in 99 weeks, averaging 8.04 million viewers.ĪBC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer” finished second, averaging 6.96 million viewers. The week’s most-watched Spanish-language prime-time program was the Tuesday episode of the Univision telenovela, “Soy tu Duena,” which averaged 5.94 million viewers, which would have put it 19th among the programs on the five major English-language networks. Univision drew more viewers ages 18-49 than any of the five major English-language networks. Telemundo was second, averaging 810,000 viewers, followed by TeleFutura, which averaged 730,000, Azteca America, which averaged 210,000 and Estrella TV, which averaged 180,000. NBC finished second, averaging 5.18 million viewers, followed by ABC, which averaged 4.65 million, and Fox Broadcasting, which averaged 3.62 million.ĪBC was first among viewers ages 18-49, the group it, Fox and NBC target and advertisers covet because those viewers watch less television and are harder to reach.ĪBC’s most-watched programs in the category were “Wipeout” and “Bachelor Pad.” The Tuesday episode of “America’s Got Talent” was the most-watched program in the category.įox led among viewers ages 12-17 and 18-34 while CBS was first among viewers ages 25-54 and 55 and older.įor ratings purposes, ABC and CBS both aired 21 hours, 40 minutes of prime-time programming for the week and NBC 21 hours, 39 minutes – less than the usual 22 hours because of a speech by President Barack Obama – and Fox its usual 15 hours.Īs usual, Univision was the most-watched Spanish-language network, averaging 3.81 million viewers for its prime-time programming.

The three “Big Brother” episodes all finished among the top 11 programs of the week, led by the Wednesday episode, which was sixth for the week, averaging 7.87 million, 23 and Sunday.ĬBS had the five most-watched scripted programs, topped by “Two and a Half Men,” which finished third overall, averaging 9.14 million viewers. NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” returned to the top of the television ratings following a two-week absence because of NBC’s coverage of the Emmy Awards and “Sunday Night Football.” The Tuesday episode averaged 11.5 million viewers, while the Wednesday episode was second, averaging 10.47 million.Īn episode of “America’s Got Talent” has been the most-watched program seven of the last 11 weeks and the most-watched non-sports program 12 of the 14 weeks it has aired this summer.ĬBS’ combination of reruns of its scripted programs, “60 Minutes” and “Big Brother” enabled it to be the most-watched network for the 11th consecutive week, averaging 5.71 million viewers for its prime-time programming between Aug. ‘Camp Rock 2’ is a hit with viewers – Orange County Register Close Menu
