Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 08/05/14

ABC edged out NBC for the top spot, thanks to the county music special CMA MUSIC FEST: COUNTY'S NIGHT TO ROCK preempting the low rated reality series of the night. CMA collected 7.2 million viewers and a 1.8 demo rating, over three hours. The special was off by one million viewers and 15% in the demo, from last year's edition. But, that is pretty much double what EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP grab on a summer Tuesday night.

NBC needs to be concerned about AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. Just from last week, the series dropped 1.7 million viewers and 17% in the A18-49 ratings. Yes, it was still the #1 show of the night, but it is a slowly sinking in the ratings.

Cooking competition series FOOD FIGHTERS was down, slightly, from last week, but still up from the series premiere.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 7.2 million viewers, 1.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.9 million viewers, 0.7 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.6 million viewers, 0.2 rating in A18-49

FOX - 1.3 million viewers, 0.5 rating in A18-49

NBC - 7.4 million viewers, 1.7 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	CMA Music Fest/Rock	7.20	1.8
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	7.80	1.0
9:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	5.60	0.7	-28%
10:00	CBS	Person Of Interest [R]	4.20	0.6	-25%
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	0.50	0.2
9:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.60	0.2	20%
8:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.80	0.7
8:30	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine [R]	1.20	0.5	-33%
9:00	FOX	New Girl [R]	1.00	0.4	-17%
9:30	FOX	The Mindy Project [R]	1.10	0.4	10%
8:00	NBC	Food Fighters	4.30	1.2
9:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	8.90	2.0	107%

* - in millions