Down indicator:The Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins kicked off the NFL’s preseason schedule in front of 10.1 million viewers Sunday, which put it behind CBS’ recently renewedUnder the Domeon Monday (11.4 million) and the Wednesday edition of NBC’sAmerica’s Got Talent(10.3 million).
Blood in the water: Discovery’s annual Shark Week opened with a big splash Sunday as Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives drew 4.8 million viewers, the most for a show in Shark Week’s 26-year history.
Sayonara, Season 3: In third-season finales Sunday, TNT’s Falling Skies attracted 3.7 million viewers and AMC’s The Killing averaged 1.5 million over its two-hour run. ABC’s Zero Hour closed quietly Saturday, drawing 1.8 million and 1.9 million viewers, respectively, for its final two episodes.
Top 20 shows
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 29-Aug. 4. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership:
1. Under the Dome, CBS, 11.41 million
2. America’s Got Talent (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), NBC, 10.28 million
3. NFL Exhibition Football: Dallas vs. Miami, NBC, 10.11 million
4. America’s Got Talent (Tuesday), NBC, 9.81 million
5. Football Pregame, NBC, 8.9 million
6. 60 Minutes, CBS, 8.22 million
7. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8.03 million
8. The Bachelorette, ABC, 7.94 million
9. NCIS, CBS, 7.66 million
10. Big Brother 15 (Thursday), CBS, 7.12 million
11. Unforgettable, CBS, 7.1 million
12. Big Brother 15 (Sunday), CBS, 6.79 million
13. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 6.65 million
14. America’s Got Talent (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 6.54 million
15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 6.31 million
16. Big Brother 15 (Wednesday), CBS, 6.25 million
17. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 6.15 million
18. Master Chef (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), Fox, 5.56 million
19. Blue Bloods, CBS, 5.4 million
20. Dateline NBC, NBC, 5.34 million
Tops on Twitter
1. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta 2 (Mon., VH1): 736,045
2. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (Sun., MTV): 551,862
3. Catfish: The TV Show (Tue., MTV): 415,985
4. Teen Wolf (Mon., MTV): 344,940
5. Megalodon: Monster Shark Lives (Sun., Discovery): 325,408
6. Pretty Little Liars (Tue., ABC Family): 282,283
7. Doctor Who Live: Next Doctor (Sun., BBC America): 252,623
8. The Bachelorette (Mon., ABC): 187,180\
9. Hit the Floor (Mon., VH1): 167,105
10. Air Jaws: Shark Week (Sun., Discovery): 152,796
Data from week ending Aug. 4, 2013: Measures activity on Twitter during and three hours before and after initial broadcast, local time. Excludes sports.
Source: Nielsen’s SocialGuide
From www.usatoday.com
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