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Cowell’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ Summer’s Top Premiere

Published on June 23, 2006 | Email this article

Wednesday night’s America’s Got Talent on NBC was the summer’s highest rated debut, with a 4.6 in adults 18-49 overnight average during its two-hour time slot, and its audience grew from start to finish, which new reality debuts have struggled with this summer, Media Life writes. The show achieved the network’s highest numbers in that time slot since April 2005 outside of the Olympics.

It also topped Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, the summer’s top show up until Wednesday night when the two aired against each other at 9:00. During the hour they were opposite each other, Talent averaged a 4.4 and Dance averaged a 4.0.

America’s Got Talent is produced by Simon Cowell of American Idol, and hosted by Regis Philbin.

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