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This image shows Hannah Brown from the season finale of “The Bachelorette.” On Tuesday’s finale, viewers saw Brown get engaged to Jed Wyatt. Their happiness was short-lived because the day after their engagement she learned he had a girlfriend when he joined the show. Cameras rolled as she confronted him for more information.
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019 | 6:16 p.m.
NEW YORK — Summer's most popular entertainment series, NBC's "America's Got Talent," had a little competition last week.
ABC's "The Bachelorette" delivered its best ratings for the franchise in two years along with a surprise finale last week, when Hannah Brown revealed she had called off the engagement to her selection.
The show drew 7.5 million, only a half million less than "America's Got Talent."
The twin entertainment shows last Tuesday may have caused a dent in CNN's ratings for the first of two nights of its presidential debate that night. The next night, CNN's debate audience was 2 million more. Democratic front-runner Joe Biden debated on Wednesday.
NBC won the week in prime time with an average of 3.7 million. ABC had 3.6 million, CBS had 2.7 million, Fox had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.06 million, Univision had 1.05 million and the CW had 650,000.
CNN was the week's most popular cable networks, averaging 3.17 million viewers. Fox News Channel had 2.51 million, MSNBC had 1.26 million, Discovery had 1.23 million and HGTV had 1.21 million.
ABC's "World News Tonight" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.1 million viewers. The "NBC Nightly News" had 6.8 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.9 million.
For the week of July 29-Aug. 4, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Presidential Debate" (Wednesday), CNN, 10.77 million; "Presidential Debate Analysis" (Wednesday), CNN, 9.21 million; "Presidential Debate" (Tuesday), CNN, 8.69 million; "Presidential Debate Intro," (Wednesday), CNN, 8.21 million; "Presidential Debate Analysis" (Tuesday), CNN, 8.11 million; "America's Got Talent," NBC, 7.98 million; "The Bachelorette" (Tuesday), ABC, 7.52 million. "The Bachelorette" (Monday), ABC, 7.25 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.49 million; "Presidential Debate Intro" (Tuesday), CNN, 6.31 million.
