NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Competition at athletic venues dominated the agenda for television viewers last week, but none was as popular as a competition on stage.
鈥淎merica's Got Talent,鈥� which is well-established as TV's favorite live show of the summer, reached seven million viewers last week with auditions for its 16th season on NBC, the Nielsen company said.
ABC found some viewers for its premiere of 鈥淲hen Nature Calls,鈥� where Helen Mirren narrates comedic film clips from the wild, a reboot of a BBC series.
Otherwise, the NBA conference finals and Olympic trials drew many TV viewers.
NBC won the week with an average of 3.5 million viewers in prime time. CBS had 3 million, ABC had 2.7 million, Fox had 1.7 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 1.02 million and Telemundo had 990,000.
ESPN won a tight race for cable supremacy, averaging 2.19 million viewers in prime time. TNT had 2.18 million, Fox News Channel had 2.15 million, MSNBC had 1.32 million and HGTV had 1.13 million.
ABC's 鈥淲orld News Tonight鈥� was the most popular evening news show, averaging 7.8 million viewers. NBC's 鈥淣ightly News鈥� had 6.3 million and the 鈥淐BS Evening News鈥� had 4.7 million.
For the week of June 21-27, the 20 most popular programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. 鈥淎merica's Got Talent,鈥� NBC, 7.01 million.
2. 鈥淥lympic Trials: Women's Gymnastics" (Sunday), NBC, 5.75 million.
3. NBA Conference Finals: Milwaukee at Atlanta (Sunday), TNT, 5.6 million.
4. NBA Conference Finals: Phoenix at L.A. Clippers (Saturday), ESPN, 5.54 million.
5. NBA Conference Finals: Phoenix at L.A. Clippers (Thursday), ESPN, 5.33 million.
6. NBA Conference Finals: Atlanta at Milwaukee (Wednesday), TNT, 5.3 million.
7. NBA Conference Finals: L.A. Clippers at Phoenix (Tuesday), ESPN, 5.27 million.
8. 鈥�60 Minutes,鈥� CBS, 5.04 million.
9. 鈥淥lympic Trials: Women's Gymnastics鈥� (Friday), NBC, 4.59 million.
10. 鈥淐elebrity Family Feud,鈥� ABC, 4.38 million.
11. 鈥淎merica's Funniest Home Videos,鈥� ABC, 4.35 million.
12. 鈥淣CIS,鈥� CBS, 4.16 million.
13. 鈥淥lympic Trials: Track & Field鈥� (Monday), NBC, 3.97 million.
14. 鈥淯nited States of Al,鈥� CBS, 3.83 million.
15. NBA Conference Finals: Atlanta at Milwaukee (Friday), TNT, 3.7 million.
16. 鈥淲hen Nature Calls,鈥� ABC, 3.698 million.
17. 鈥淵oung Sheldon,鈥� CBS, 3.67 million.
18. 鈥淔BI,鈥� CBS, 3.65 million.
19. 鈥淭he Neighborhood,鈥� CBS, 3.58 million.
20. 鈥淭he $100,000 Pyramid,鈥� ABC, 3.56 million.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
