‘America’s Got Talent,’ other escapist fare made for popular TV viewing last week

Escapist fare popular during a quiet TV week

NEW YORK — Escapist fare from the big broadcast networks dominated a quiet week in television viewing.

The Nielsen Co. said Tuesday that two editions of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” were the only prime-time programs to eclipse the 9 million mark in viewers last week.

Three editions of CBS’ “Big Brother 12″ landed in the top 12 most-watched shows for the week. Nielsen says ABC’s “Wipeout” and the summer finale of Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” were also among the most popular shows.

ABC’s premiere of “Dating in the Dark,” which tests couples’ compatibility when they can’t see each other, reached only 4.4 million people last week.

ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox and My Network TV are units of News Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by General Electric Co. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TeleFutura is a division of Univision. Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.

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