20 Highest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of Summer 2016 (Photos)
From “America’s Got Talent” on down, here are the 20 top-rated broadcast television shows of the summer.
It should come as no surprise that NBC will win another summer, especially considering the broadcaster had the Rio Olympics for much of August. Also contributing to the total domination is top series “America’s Got Talent,” which took up three of the Top 14 slots, and two of the Top 3.
Overall silver medalist “The Bachelor” split the pair of regular “AGT” competition episodes up — franchise spinoff “Bachelor in Paradise” also claimed two spots in our Top 20.
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CBS’ “Big Brother” filled out Nos. 4-6, while two of ABC’s primetime game show adaptations were a bit further down the list.
Also worth singling out is NBC’s “Better Late Than Never,” which was technically the top new series premiere of the summer. That’s because those aforementioned ABC shows previously existed in daytime. One final note on “Better Late”: Our rankings, which are made up of Nielsen’s Live + 7-day delayed viewing numbers, only include that debut episode. In other words, if the late-summer series is going to drop, it didn’t have time to do it for this study.
Enjoy the rest of the summer while it lasts, and have a drink on Labor Day to the upcoming fall TV schedule.
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