NBC Weekly Ratings Release for the Week of July 8 - 14, 2019

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — July 16, 2019 — Despite Fox hosting the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, NBC has finished #1 for the primetime ratings week of July 8-14 in total viewers among the Big 4 networks, according to “live plus same day” viewership figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Tuesday’s “America’s Got Talent” was the #1 program of the week at 8-10 p.m. in total viewers and #2 in 18-49 against all Big 4 network competition. The premiere of “Bring the Funny” at 10 p.m. placed #4 in 18-49 and #5 in total viewers.

“Talent” has ruled as the week’s #1 entertainment show in total viewers every week so far this summer.

Season to date, NBC ranks #1 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and is #1 or tied for #1 among those nets in adults 25-54, adults 18-34, men 25-54 and all key adult-female demos. In total viewers, excluding sports, NBC is running within 1.239 million persons of #1 CBS, NBC’s closest position to #1 in total viewers at this point in the season, excluding sports, in 16 years, since trailing by 605,000 persons at this time in 2002-03.

Weekly ratings are “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Season-to-date ratings are averages of “live plus seven day” data except for the two most recent weeks, which are “live plus same day.”

Week 42 Averages

Adult 18-49 Rating, “live plus same day,” July 8-14
FOX…0.7     NBC…0.6     ABC…0.6
CBS…0.5      CW…0.2

Total Viewers
NBC…3.6 million     CBS…3.0 million     ABC…3.2 million
FOX…3.1 million      CW…0.7 million

NBC highlights for the week of July 8-14:

Monday
“American Ninja Warrior” (0.9 rating in 18-49, 4.5 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET) grew +13% week to week in 18-49 (0.9 vs. 0.8) to equal the show’s Monday high in 18-49 this season and match its high 18-49 rating on any night since its season premiere Wednesday, May 29 (1.0).

“Live Plus 35 Day Plus Digital” Ratings: The “American Ninja Warrior” season debut increased by +183% versus its next-day “live plus same day” Nielsens after 35 days of digital and linear delayed viewing, growing all the way to a 2.84 rating, while adding +7.8 million viewers, increasing to 12.6 million persons in L+35+Digital.

“Dateline NBC” (0.7 rating in adults 18-49, 1.0 in adults 25-54, 3.8 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) ranked #1 in the timeslot among ABC, CBS and NBC in adults, men and women 18-49 and adults, men and women 25-54, growing +17% week to week in adults 18-49 (0.7 vs. 0.6) and maintaining 100% in adults 25-54 (1.0 vs. 1.0).

Tuesday
NBC is the #1 network Tuesday night in total viewers and all key adult-female demographics, pending updates, and is the #1 non-sports network in every other key measure.

“America’s Got Talent” (1.5 rating in 18-49, 9.8 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) beat the Baseball All-Star Game to rank as the #1 show of the night in total viewers and all key adult-female demographics. “Talent” also outrated CBS’ 8-9:30 debut of “Love Island” by +150% in 18-49 (1.5 from 8-10 p.m. vs. 0.6 from 8-9:30) and +7.2 million viewers overall (9.8 million vs. 2.6 million). L+35+Digital: The “America’s Got Talent” season premiere grew by +159% versus its next-day “live plus same day” Nielsens after 35 days of digital and linear delayed viewing, growing all the way to a 4.30 rating, while adding +9.5 million viewers, increasing to 19.2 million persons in L+35+Digital.

The series premiere of “Bring the Funny” (1.2 rating in 18-49, 6.0 million viewers overall from 10:01-11 p.m. ET) scored the highest rating for a summer alternative series debut on the Big 4 networks since June 11, 2017 and delivered the most-watched summer series debut on those nets, alternative or otherwise, since June 21, 2017. “Funny” also generated the highest 18-49 and total-viewer results for any telecast of any new series on the Big 4 so far this summer. “Funny” scored NBC’s best 18-49 rating in the timeslot with regular programming since Oct. 30, 2019 (1.3).

Wednesday
An encore “Ellen’s Game of Games” (0.6 rating in 18-49, 3.5 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) original competition in the timeslot from CBS’ “Love Island” and by +35% in total viewers (3.493 million vs. 2.588 million) while tying it in 18-49 rating (0.6 vs. 0.6). “Games” grew +20% versus the prior week’s rebroadcast in this timeslot in 18-49 (0.6 vs. 0.5) and +30% in total viewers (3.493 million vs. 2.683 million).

A 9 p.m. rebroadcast of “Songland” (0.5 rating in 18-49, 2.0 million viewers overall from 9-10 p.m. ET) jumped +67% versus the previous week’s encore in this time period in 18-49 (0.5 vs. 0.3) and +26% in total viewers (2.010 million vs. 1.589 million), to tie Fox’s original “First Responders Live” in the timeslot in 18-49 (0.5 vs. 0.5).

“The InBetween” (0.4 rating in 18-49, 2.3 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) grew by +33% week to week in 18-49 (0.4 vs. 0.3) and +10% in total viewers (2.3 million vs. 2.1 million) to equal the show’s high rating since June 5 in 18-49 (0.5). L+35+Digital: The “InBetween” season premiere increased by +151% versus its next-day “live plus same day” Nielsens after 35 days of digital and linear delayed viewing, growing to a 1.43 rating, while adding +3.3 million viewers, increasing to 7.0 million persons in L+35+Digital.

Thursday
An encore of “The Wall” (0.5 in 18-49 and 3.4 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) easily beats CBS’ original “Love Island” in total viewers by +34% (3.4 million vs. 2.5 million). Combined with the episode’s original run, total viewers have now grown to 7.8 million.

“Hollywood Game Night” (0.5 rating in 18-49, 2.7 million viewers overall from 9-10 p.m. ET) topped rival alternative programming in the timeslot, “Family Food Fight” (2.3 million) and “Spin the Wheel” (2.7 million). The episode grew +20% in 18-49 versus its prior original in 18-49 and +31% in total viewers. Excluding live events, “HGN” scored NBC’s top total-viewer result in the timeslot since April 4 and equals the network’s best 18-49 rating since that same date.

A rebroadcast of “Law & Order: SVU” (0.4 rating in 18-49, 2.4 million viewers overall) tied for #1 in the timeslot among ABC, CBS and NBC versus the original dramas “Elementary” and “Reef Break.” L+35+Digital: This past season, “SVU” grew by +263% in 18-49 to a 3.12 rating going from next-day “live plus same day” Nielsens to “live plus 35 day plus digital” results, and grew by +5.9 million persons to 10.0 million total viewers.

Friday
NBC won the night in 18-49 with an encore telecast of “American Ninja Warrior” (0.5 rating in 18-49, 2.6 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m.) dominating its timeslot competition, including CBS’ original series “Love Island” in the 8 o’clock hour.

“Dateline NBC” (0.6 in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m.) was the #1 show of the night in 18-49 and doubled its timeslot competition – “Blue Bloods” and “20/20.”

Sunday
An encore of “America’s Got Talent” in the 7-9 p.m. timeslot increased the 18-49 for the episode to 2.4 and total viewers to 14.6 million.

From 9-10 p.m., an encore of the premiere episode of “Bring the Funny” saw the its combined 18-49 rise to 2.0 and total viewers to 9.3 million.