RATINGS RECAP: 7/5/11

ABC
8:00 Wipeout (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:00 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
10:00 Combat Hospital
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

CBS
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 48 Hours Mystery Special: Casey Anthony Verdict
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 America's Got Talent
Viewers: 12.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6
9:00 America's Got Talent
Viewers: 15.8 million, 18-49 demo: 4.6

FOX
8:00 Kitchen Nightmares (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 MasterChef
Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 

NBC dominated as usual on Tuesday night thanks to three hours of America's Got Talent. The final auditions episode was solid at 8pm but the 9pm episode posted its best numbers of the season and was way up from last week's one hour episode. This remains the show to beat in the summer. Elsewhere, ABC had new episodes of its summer shows from 9-11pm following a repeat of Wipeout. At 9pm, 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show was down four tenths in viewers but even in the demo. This show has held up remarkably well in its first three weeks and could see a second summer as a result. At 10pm, Combat Hospital was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. FOX's MasterChef was up a nice five tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo while a late addition on CBS covering the Casey Anthony trial was up from the usual numbers for The Good Wife reruns.