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[08/28/14 - 08:36 AM]
"America's Got Talent" Wins Its Time Slot Among the Big 4 in Every Key Measure and Is the #1 Show of the Night in Total Viewers
NBC spins the numbers for Wednesday, August 27.

[via press release from NBC]

Wednesday Primetime Results:

NBC ranked #1 for the night in total viewers with the #1 show of the night by that measure, "America's Got Talent."

· "America's Got Talent" (1.8/6 in 18-49, 9.3 million viewers overall from 9-10:01 p.m. ET) is currently matching last week's preliminary 1.8 in 18-49 in these fast-national ratings and is within 0.1 of last week's 1.9 in official nationals.

· "America's Got Talent" won the time slot among the Big 4 in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers -- and is the #1 show of the night in total viewers.

· Last night's "Talent" built by +80% on its lead-in from an 8 p.m. encore in 18-49 and grew by +68% in total viewers.

· "Taxi Brooklyn" (0.8/3 in 18-49, 4.7 million viewers overall from 10:01-11 p.m. ET) is currently matching last week's 0.8 in 18-49 in official nationals, pending updates and is currently running within 0.2 of the show's premiere rating and series high (1.0). Last night's "Taxi Brooklyn" is currently up week to week in total viewers (4.694 million vs. 4.598 million), pending updates. Versus "Camp" in this time period on the same night last year, "Taxi Brooklyn" is up +46% or 1.5 million persons in total viewers (4.694 million vs. 3.221 million).

· In the time period, "Taxi Brooklyn" is currently tied for #1 among ABC, CBS and NBC in adults 18-34 (with a 0.6 rating) and women 18-34 (0.7) and #1 outright among those nets in men 18-34 (0.5).

· An encore telecast of "America's Got Talent" (1.0/4 in 18-49, 5.5 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) ranked #2 in the period among the Big 4 in total viewers, adults 25-54 (tie) and men 25-54. From its first half-hour to its second, the 8 p.m. "Talent" rebroadcast grew by +9% in adults 18-49 (to a 1.0 rating from a 0.9), +15% in adults 25-54 (1.5 vs. 1.3) and +21% in women 25-54 (1.7 vs. 1.4).

In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday Night:

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.1/6 with an encore telecast; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 1.7/5; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.0/5.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.6/3 with an encore; "Late Show," 0.3/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.5/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.0/4 in metered-market households with an encore) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (0.9/3 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.4/3 in 18-49 with an encore) topped "Late Late Show" (0.2/1 with an encore).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.





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