AMERICAN NINJA Encore Grows +29% Week-to-Week

A rebroadcast of "American Ninja Warrior" (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall from 9-11 p.m. ET) grew +29% versus last week's encore in this same slot in adults 18-49 rating (0.9 vs. 0.7) and +34% in total viewers (3.308 million vs. 2.473 million).

In the two-hour time periods, the "American Ninja Warrior" rebroadcast tied for #1 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and was #1 outright among those nets in all key adult-male demos.

For its second hour from 10-11 p.m. ET, the "American Ninja Warrior" rebroadcast ranked #1 or tied for #1 in all key demographics.

An encore telecast of "America's Got Talent: 10 Year Anniversary Special" (0.6/3 in 18-49, 3.1 million viewers overall from 7-9 p.m. ET) earned NBC's top rating in the time period in three weeks (since July 12) and biggest overall audience in the slot in four weeks (since July 5). (Note that the "Talent" rebroadcast is close to rounding up to a 0.7, currently reporting a 0.646 in these preliminary fast-affiliate ratings).

From its first half-hour to its fourth, the "America's Got Talent" encore special grew +80% in adult 18-49 rating (0.5 to 0.9) and +44% or 1.1 million persons in total viewers (2.6 million to 3.7 million).

NOTE: Primetime results are based on "fast affiliate time period" data from Nielsen Media Research. All ratings are "live plus same day" unless otherwise indicated.

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