Due to the nature of live programming the ratings, because of the live Presidential Address (8-8:20pm) results for ABC, CBS, Fox and pre 9pm NBC are approximate and subject to significant revisions in the final numbers. See definitions at bottom of this post for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 2.5/7 | 1.8/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.3/4 | 1.1/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.9/6 | 2.0/7 | 1.4/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.7/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.497 | 4.325 | 5.061 | 3.793 | 7.123 | 0.922 |
NBC's America's Got Talent lead Tuesday night with a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating, but that was down 6% from last Tuesday's telecast.
The rest of the fast affiliate overnight ratings for ABC, CBS, Fox and pre-9pm NBC were scrambled by the Presidential Address, and can't really be relied upon to indicate much at this point. It is worth noting that Univision finished second on the night for adults 18-49.
via NBC press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets:
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.2.8 in metered-market households) out-delivered CBS's first-run "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.2/6, delayed by news coverage) and ABC's combination of "Nightline (2.6/6, delayed by news coverage) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (1.2/4 with an encore delayed by news coverage) in Nielsen's 56 metered markets.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.1/5; "Late Show," 0.7/3, delayed by news coverage; "Nightline," 0.8/3, delayed by news coverage; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/3 with an encore delayed by news coverage.
- At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.5/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.0/4, delayed by news coverage). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49) topped the "Late Late Show" (0.4/3, delayed by news coverage).
- At 1:35 a.m., Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.9/4 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Tuesday, August 24, 2010:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Presidential Address / Wipeout | 1.7 | 6 | 6.429 |
| NBC | Presidential Address / Minute To Win It | 1.3 | 5 | 5.699 | |
| CBS | Presidential Address / NCIS (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 6.769 | |
| FOX | Presidential Address / Glee (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 3.117 | |
| CW | Plain Jane (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 1.199 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Wipeout | 2.5 | 8 | 7.169 |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.7 | 6 | 6.031 | |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 3.427 | |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 7.870 | |
| CW | Plain Jane (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 1.164 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | America's Got Talent | 2.7 | 8 | 10.405 |
| ABC | Wipeout/Shaq VS | 2.1 | 6 | 5.741 | |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.4 | 4 | 3.754 | |
| CBS | NCIS/NCIS:LA (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 8.424 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.653 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | America's Got Talent | 3.0 | 8 | 11.618 |
| ABC | Shaq VS | 1.7 | 5 | 4.087 | |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.4 | 4 | 3.710 | |
| CBS | NCIS:LA (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 7.606 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.671 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | America's Got Talent | 3.0 | 8 | 11.551 |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 4.955 | |
| ABC | Shaw VS/Primetime: Crime | 1.5 | 4 | 3.853 | |
| CBS | NCIS:LA/The Good Wife (repeat) | 1.2 | 3 | 6.947 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | America's Got Talent | 3.1 | 9 | 11.679 |
| ABC | Primetime: Crime | 1.0 | 3 | 3.085 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 5.120 |
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NOTE: All national ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
I think AGT would be doing better in the ratings if this season weren’t soooooooooooooo loooooooooooooooooooooooong. How has it taken this long to get here? I know NBC is happy with solid ratings, but I’m still frustrated that this “summer” series is still plodding along.
is it me or are these ratings dated aug 24?
It’s there highest rating series over the summer I’d be milking it to death if I was NBC too. A 3.0 demo is pretty damn good!
I’ll take an AGT season over an American Idol one any day. Talk about plodding along.
Justin Bieber’s appearnce on Shaq Vs. did nothing to the ratings whatsoever. Still stuck at 1.7. I do not think his appearance on CSI’s season opener is going to amount to any increase either. His fan base does not watch CSI.
Here are the final numbers after everything was sorted out from @TravisYanan:
Wipeout (8:20pm, 61 minutes)
- 6.933 million viewers
- 3.8/6 HH
- 2.4/8 A18-49
Shaq Vs (9:21pm)
- 4.257 million viewers
- 2.4/4 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
Primetime Crime (10:21pm, 59 minutes)
- 3.883 million viewers
- 2.6/5 HH
- 1.2/4 A18-49
Minute to Win It (8:21pm, 39 minutes)
- 5.919 million viewers
- 3.6/6 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
America’s Got Talent (120 minutes)
- 11.504 million viewers
- 6.7/11 HH
- 3.0/9 A18-49
Address ratings?
Still nothing on the Presidential address for the broadcast networks, but the cable news ratings are now posted.
Those are lower than usual numbers for Wipeout, maybe some of the viewers thought it would not air at all due to the Presidential address.
I knew that Bieber’s appearance will not make the much difference for Shaq Vs. since his main audience is T12-17 anyway
Those are lower than usual numbers for Wipeout, maybe some of the viewers thought it would not air at all due to the Presidential address.
I knew that Bieber’s appearance will not make the much difference for Shaq Vs. since his main audience is T12-17 anyway
I’m shocked that AGT at 10:30 didn’t rate higher since Jackie Evancho performed at that time. You would think that an internet phenomenon like her would increase the ratings somewhat but that’s not the case at all. I’m not surprised that Shaq Vs. saw no increase since the episode had limited promotion and aired at a weird time. Also, ABC should stop producing these Primetime limited series with the exception of What Would You Do.
AGT had gone a little too long. The Finals should have been this week or last week.