Update:<\/b> While not quite as potent as the show’s most recent summer premiere (or ESPN’s coverage of the national college football championship), Monday’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” premiere fared well.<\/p>\n
According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, the premiere drew a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating and 9.70 million overall viewers in the 8PM hour. It improved to a 1.9 with 10.17 million at 9PM.<\/p>\n
“The Champions” ranked as the night’s #1 network program in adults 18-49 and overall viewership.<\/p>\n
It led into “Manifest,” which drew a 1.1 and 5.88 million for its mid-season premiere.
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Facing competition from ESPN’s coverage of the college football championship, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” fared well in the Monday ratings.<\/p>\n
According to metered market data posted by Programming Insider, Monday’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” delivered a 6.7 overnight household rating.<\/p>\n
The number is down from the 7.4 posted by the most recent spring\/summer premiere, but it is still strong in context.<\/p>\n
It easily ranked as Monday’s best for a network show (only the aforementioned cable football broadcast drew a bigger audience). It nearly doubled what “The Bachelor” drew in the 8-10PM timeslot (granted, the young-skewing “Bachelor” should close some of the gap in adults 18-49). It also reflects a slight gain from what NBC’s “The Voice” performance finale drew in the slot this past December. It rose from start-to-finish, delivering a 6.5 at 8PM and a 6.8 in the 9PM hour.<\/p>\n
The number is also within the general ballpark of what the most recent proper season drew in the far less competitive summer landscape.<\/p>\n
In short, there is no reason for NBC to be anything but happy with the performance.<\/p>\n
— “AGT” led into “Manifest,” which drew a 4.0 overnight household rating.<\/p>\n
Adults 18-49 and viewership data for both shows should be available later this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“AGT: The Champions” convincingly ranked as Monday’s most-watched network show.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[11980,210],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n