CBS won the week with an average of 5.4 million viewers. Led by two airings of "America's Got Talent," easily the week's most popular program, NBC averaged 5.2 million viewers. ABC had 3.9 million, Univision had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million and Ion Television had 1.2 million.
NETWORK RATINGS ROUNDUP: JULY 21-27
CBS Wins Week, ‘Talent’ Drives NBC
NEW YORK (AP) — “Extant” is getting a kick-start from CBS to try to improve its ratings less than a month into its run.
Starting Wednesday, CBS is moving the drama starring Halle Berry back an hour, to 10 p.m. EDT, so that it follows “Criminal Minds.” The hope is that the long-running procedural will provide a more compatible lead-in than “Big Brother,” which airs at 8 p.m.
“Extant” had just under 6.5 million viewers last Wednesday, the Nielsen Co. said. That was enough to make Nielsen’s top 10 for the week, and CBS says “Extant” picks up significant time-shifted viewership. But it’s not the big splash that TV’s most popular network was expecting for its highest-profile new drama of the summer, which was beaten last week by reruns of two “NCIS” dramas.
Struggling Fox must shudder to think where it would be this summer without Gordon Ramsey. The season debut of “Hotel Hell,” in which the cranky chef takes on the hospitality industry, was behind only “Master Chef” and “Hell’s Kitchen” as the network’s most popular show last week.
CBS won the week with an average of 5.4 million viewers. Led by two airings of “America’s Got Talent,” easily the week’s most popular program, NBC averaged 5.2 million viewers. ABC had 3.9 million, Univision had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million and Ion Television had 1.2 million.
TNT was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.24 million viewers in prime time. USA had 2.15 million, the Disney Channel had 2.08 million, Fox News Channel had 1.78 million and History had 1.62 million.
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NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.4 million, and the “CBS Evening News” had 6 million viewers.
The Top 20
Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 21-27. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.43 million.
2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 10.32 million.
3. “NCIS,” CBS, 8.7 million.
4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.66 million.
5. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.13 million.
6. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 7.09 million.
7. “Under the Dome,” CBS, 6.74 million.
8. “Big Brother (Wednesday), CBS, 6.63 million.
9. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 6.56 million.
10. “Extant,” CBS, 6.483 million.
11. “Big Brother (Thursday), CBS, 6.482 million.
12. “Unforgettable,” CBS, 6.45 million.
13. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 6.43 million.
14. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 6.3 million.
15. “Dateline NBC,” NBC, 6.12 million.
16. “Master Chef,” Fox, 6.02 million.
17. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.82 million.
18. “20/20, ABC, 5.58 million.
19. “Major Crimes,” TNT, 5.56 million.
20. “The Millers,” CBS, 5.35 million.
Comments (4)
Terry D'Esposito says:
July 29, 2014 at 11:56 pm
America’s Got Talent is on NBC, not CBS.
john furtado says:
July 30, 2014 at 11:05 am
“Led by two airings of “America’s Got Talent,” easily the week’s most popular program, NBC averaged 5.2 million viewers. ”
It says NBC in the article.
Terry D'Esposito says:
July 31, 2014 at 1:00 am
The original article title stated “America’s Got Talent” led CBS to victory, which was incorrect. TVNewscheck has since fixed it. It doesn’t matter if they got it right in the article. The original article header was in error.
John McDonald says:
July 30, 2014 at 9:52 am
Yeah…you should delete this post and start over. This time, have someone else fact-check it before posting.