NBC has finished #2 in adults 18-49 and total viewers for the primetime ratings week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3, led by the #1-2 primetime entertainment shows of the week on those nets in both categories, the Tuesday and Wednesday telecasts of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT according to "live plus same day" figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Excluding sports, NBC led the week in adults 18-49 and total viewers, and also outrated the Big 4 competition in adults, men and women 25-54; men and women 18-49; and men 18-34. This is the 15th straight week NBC has finished as the #1 network in entertainment programming (excluding live news and sports) in 18-49 and 25-54. In total viewers, NBC has won 14 of the last 15 weeks in entertainment-program ratings. Excluding sports, the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of "Talent" topped the week's list of primetime shows on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, and on the 18-49 list "Talent" was joined by Monday's "American Ninja Warrior" (#7), Wednesday's 9 p.m. "Marlon" (tied for #10), Tuesday's "Hollywood Game Night" (#12), Wednesday's 9:30 "Marlon" (#13), Monday's "Midnight, Texas" (tied for #14) and Friday's encore "Dateline NBC" (tied for #14) among NBC's top shows of the week.Videos