NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT 10th Anniversary Special Wins Time Slot

NBC won Wednesday night among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

"Last Comic Standing 9" (1.4/5 in 18-49, 5.8 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) retained 100% of last week's 10-11 p.m. rating for the show's season premiere and 93% of last week's 1.5 rating from 9-11 p.m. (and note that last night's episode is extremely close to rounding up to a 1.5 (currently at a 1.449 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings).

In total viewers, last night's "Last Comic Standing" is up +3% versus last week's 10-11 p.m. result (5.805 million vs. 5.647 million) and retains 95% of last week's 6.099 million from 9-11, which made it the show's most-watched telecast since the fifth-cycle finale on Sept. 19, 2007.

This is the second-most-watched "Last Comic" since the sixth-cycle premiere on May 22, 2008 (5.858 million).

"Last Comic Standing" ranks #1 in the time period among the Big 4 nets in every key measure. It's the #2 show of the night on the Big 4 in total viewers, behind only "Talent."

"Last Comic Standing" will add substantial viewership via time-shifting - last week's "Last Comic" increased by +22% going from L+SD to L+3 (1.55 to 1.89) and by 833,000 viewers overall (6.1 million vs. 6.9 million).

"America's Got Talent: 10 Year Anniversary Special" (1.6/6 in 18-49, 7.7 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET) won the time period among the Big 4 networks in every key measure.

"America's Got Talent: 10 Year Anniversary Special" delivered NBC's best 18-49 and total-viewer results in the time period, excluding sports, since April 8 (2.0 in 18-49, 8.5 million viewers overall for "Voice" and "SVU").

"America's Got Talent: 10 Year Anniversary Special" is the #1 show of the night in total viewers.
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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