Hollywood Today

-Countdown to the Start of the New Season:
26 days

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-Yesterday's Winners:
America's Got Talent (NBC)

-Yesterday's Losers (excluding repeats):
Wanna Bet (ABC)
-Ratings Breakdown:
Once again, this was far from an Olympic-sized performance. But NBC's winning streak continued, with an advantage last night over second-place Fox of a healthy 1.8 rating points. Third overall in the Tuesday metered markets was CBS, followed by ABC and, of course, the CW. Next week at this time I will have the initial results for 90210!

A two-hour edition of summer hit America's Got Talent on NBC was the top-rated show of the evening, with a 6.9 rating/11 share in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Here is the half-hour breakdown:

America's Got Talent (NBC)
8:00 p.m. 6.2/10 (#1)
8:30 p.m. 6.8/11 (#1)
9:00 p.m. 7.3/11 (#1)
9:30 p.m. 7.5/11 (#1)

Second in the 8 p.m. hour was a repeat of CBS' NCIS at a 5.2/ 9. Next was ABC's Wipeout (4.1/ 7), which could still win the hour among adults 18-49 despite a below-average performance, followed by a repeat of Fox's House (3.5/ 6), and a repeat of Smallville on the CW (1.7/ 3).

Second in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. behind the concluding hour of NBC's expanded America's Got Talent was another repeat of Fox's House, at a 5.3/ 8. Next was CBS' Big Brother 10 (3.9/ 6), ABC dud Wanna Bet (2.8/ 5), and a repeat of the CW's Reaper (1.6/ 3), which is very compatible with Smallville. Why Dan on Big Brother did not just put up Ollie last night is beyond me? And why mess with the veto meeting with all that nonsense? If anything, Dan just made himself a major target. If Ollie wins POV on Thursday (a double elimination night), Dan could be history.

Night two of the Democratic Convention fared as follows in the overnights at 10 p.m.:

NBC: 4.5/ 7
ABC: 3.4/ 6
CBS: 2.4/ 4

Keep in mind, of course, that results for any live event are always approximate.

Tuesday 8/26/08

HH
Rtg/Shr
NBC 6.1/10
Fox 4.3/ 7
CBS 3.8/ 6
ABC 3.4/ 5
CW 1.7/ 3


Source: Nielsen Media Research data

-- Marc Berman