Tuesday Final Nationals: Simon Cowell’s AGT Judging Debut Gives Slight Boost to ‘America’s Got Talent’ on NBC

NBC dominated Tuesday night with the eleventh season premiere of “America’s Got Talent”. The return delivered a 5 percent increase in total viewers from its year-ago premiere (11.09 million from 5/26/15); its adults 18-49 ratings delivery was flat from one year ago.

It’s the second-most-watched “Talent” debut in five years (since 2011, 15.3 million, trailing over that span only the 12.0 million in 2014).

Also, it equaled the highest Tuesday “Talent” in 18-49 in two years (since June 3, 2014, 2.9) and is the most-watched Tuesday “AGT” in two years (since May 27, 2014, 12.0 million).

Simon Cowell, producer of “AGT”, appeared on the show’s judging panel for the first time.

Leading out of “AGT” was the premier edition of the Lorne Michaels-produced variety show “Maya & Marty” with Maya Rudolph and Martin Short. It ranked as the second telecast of the night in every key demo, behind “AGT”.

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	Tuesday, May 31, 2016
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	2.1/4	3149	0.5/2	0.7/3	0.9/3
8:00	500 Questions (s)	2.5/4	3844	0.6/3	0.8/3	1.0/3
10:00	Fresh Off the Boat (r)	1.2/2	1830	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.6/2
10:30	Fresh Off the Boat (r)	1.1/2	1692	0.3/1	0.5/2	0.6/2
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	4.6/8	7022	0.5/2	0.9/3	1.4/4
8:00	NCIS (r)	4.9/9	7421	0.5/2	0.9/4	1.4/5
9:00	NCIS: New Orleans (r)	4.6/8	6980	0.5/2	0.9/3	1.4/4
10:00	Person of Interest	4.4/8	6664	0.5/2	1.0/4	1.5/5
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	5.9/11	9866	1.4/7	2.2/8	3.0/9
8:00	America’s Got Talent (p)	6.9/12	11667	1.6/8	2.6/10	3.4/11
10:00	Maya & Marty (p)	3.9/7	6263	0.8/4	1.5/6	2.1/7
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average	1.2/2	1833	0.5/2	0.6/2	0.8/2
8:00	Hotel Hell	1.5/3	2373	0.5/3	0.8/3	1.1/3
9:00	Coupled	0.9/2	1294	0.4/2	0.5/2	0.6/2
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average	0.7/1	1038	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
8:00	The Flash (r)	0.7/1	1017	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
9:00	Containment	0.7/1	1059	0.3/1	0.4/1	0.5/1
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	1.0/2	1634		0.6/2
7:00	Sueño de Amor	0.8/2	1412		0.5/2
8:00	Un Camino Hacia El Destino	1.0/2	1718		0.5/2
9:00	Tres Veces Ana	1.1/2	1878		0.7/3
10:03	Yago	0.8/1	1277		0.5/2
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	0.2/0	416		0.2/1
7:00	Sal y Pimienta	0.1/0	239		0.1/0
8:00	La Rosa de Guadalupe	0.3/0	497		0.2/1
9:00	Cine Sin Límite (2011) (thru 11:00)	0.2/0	376		0.1/1

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Tuesday 5/31/16

Cable Rankings – Tuesday 5/31/16
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Tuesday, May 31:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research