• by Wayne Friedman , July 7, 2023

Amid continued TV viewership erosion that is down by double-digit percentages, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” continues as the most-watched prime-time show on broadcast TV this summer so far with 7.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen live airing-plus-seven days of time-shifted viewing through June 25.

The good news for NBC’s entertainment competition reality show is that it was only down 2.3% versus the same time period a year ago.  

The top 20 shows slipped an average 9% so far to 3.14 million viewers, compared to 3.45 million a year ago. All forty-two broadcast prime-time shows so far are down 13% to an average 1.84 million (versus 2.11 million in 2022).

NBC has six of the top-ten most-viewed summer shows -- including “The Blacklist” at 4.04 million; “Dateline” at 3.8 million; “American Ninja Warriors” at 3.7 million; ”L.A. Fire and Rescue” at 3.5 million; and “NASCAR Cup Series” at 3.3 million. 

Others that made the top ten list include ABC’s “20/20” (3.7 million); CBS’s “48 Hours” (3.6 million); ABC’s “Judge Steve Harvey” (3.5 million); and Fox’s “Masterchef” at 3.2 million.