Talent tops football

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It’s only the NFL pre-season, so NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” was the top show on TV in the past week, for the 18-49 demo as well as in the Household ratings, even beating the football games. CBS, meanwhile, won the week in both HH and 18-49.


In HH CBS had an average rating of 4.0 and a 7 share. NBC was at 3.4/6, ABC 3.1/5, Univision 1.9/3, Fox 1.8/3, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.2/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 CBS was at 1.7/5, NBC 1.6/5, Univision 1.5/4, ABC 1.4/4, Fox 1.1/3, Telemundo 0.5/1, CW and Ion 0.3/1, TeleFutura 0.2/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s Top 21 shows:

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report  
Network primetime (Live +SD) week of 08/22/11 – 08/28/11  
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)  
1 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE NBC 7.0 11 11992  
2 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED NBC 6.4 10 11121  
3 NCIS CBS 6.3 10 9429  
4 NBC NFL PRE-SSN 8/28(S) NBC 5.6 9 9270  
4 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 5.6 9 8392  
6 60 MINUTES CBS 5.3 10 8089  
7 NCIS 10PM-SPECIAL(S) CBS 5.0 8 7486  
8 BIG BROTHER 13-WED CBS 4.8 8 7950  
9 BIG BROTHER 13-THU CBS 4.7 8 8145  
10 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 4.6 8 7375  
10 BIG BROTHER 13-SUN CBS 4.6 7 7866  
12 BACHELOR PAD ABC 4.2 7 6129  
13 NFL PRE-SEASON(S) CBS 4.1 8 6740  
14 DATELINE FRI NBC 4.0 7 5832  
15 CSI CBS 3.9 7 6130  
15 NBC NFL PRE-SSN PRKCK8/28(S) NBC 3.9 7 6462  
17 SUNDAY 20/20:SIXTH SENSE ABC 3.8 6 5882  
18 MENTALIST, THE CBS 3.7 6 5695  
19 AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS ABC 3.6 6 6220  
19 HELL’S KITCHEN-MON 9P FOX 3.6 6 6416  
19 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT CBS 3.6 6 5540  
Source: The Nielsen Company