Led by the hit novela “Fuerza del Destino,” Univision claimed the #1 spot in the big money 18-49 demo for the past week. The top show overall was “America’s Got Talent” on NBC, but “Big Brother” from CBS was #1 in 18-49 and CBS claimed the Household rating crown.
For 18-49 Univision had an average 1.6 rating and 5 share, followed by ABC at 1.4/4, CBS 1.3/4, NBC 1.2/4, Fox 1.0/3, Telemundo 0.5/1, CW and Ion 0.3/1, TeleFutura 0.2/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In HH CBS was at 3.7/6, ABC 3.1/5, NBC 3.0/5, Univision 2.0/3, Fox 1.7/3, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, CW 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.2/0 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Due to a six-way tie for 19th place, here are the week’s top 24 shows:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 08/29/11 – 09/04/11 | ||||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
| 1 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE | NBC | 6.8 | 11 | 11142 | |
| 2 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED | NBC | 6.5 | 10 | 10651 | |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 5.9 | 10 | 8943 | |
| 4 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 5.7 | 9 | 8639 | |
| 5 | NCIS 10PM SPECIAL(S) | CBS | 5.0 | 8 | 7294 | |
| 6 | BIG BROTHER 13-WED | CBS | 4.9 | 8 | 8338 | |
| 7 | SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL | ABC | 4.6 | 9 | 7751 | |
| 8 | BACHELOR PAD | ABC | 4.5 | 7 | 6479 | |
| 9 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 4.1 | 8 | 6035 | |
| 10 | BIG BROTHER 13-SUN | CBS | 3.9 | 7 | 6659 | |
| 10 | CSI | CBS | 3.9 | 7 | 5860 | |
| 12 | BIG BROTHER 13-THU | CBS | 3.8 | 6 | 6245 | |
| 13 | DATELINE 8/29(S) | NBC | 3.7 | 6 | 5528 | |
| 14 | 48 HOURS MYSTERY FRI-SP(S) | CBS | 3.6 | 7 | 5317 | |
| 14 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 3.6 | 7 | 5367 | |
| 14 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 3.6 | 6 | 5309 | |
| 14 | HELL’S KITCHEN-MON 9P | FOX | 3.6 | 6 | 6211 | |
| 18 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 3.5 | 5 | 5326 | |
| 19 | 48 HOURS MYSTERY | CBS | 3.4 | 7 | 4974 | |
| 19 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 3.4 | 5 | 5174 | |
| 19 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 3.4 | 6 | 5030 | |
| 19 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 3.4 | 5 | 5054 | |
| 19 | MINUTE TO WIN IT-WED | NBC | 3.4 | 6 | 5497 | |
| 19 | WIPEOUT-TUES | ABC | 3.4 | 6 | 5934 | |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
