NBC comes as professional football returns

The Eye's special "9/11: 10 Years Later," an update from the doc, came a substantial aud Sunday. NBC's "Sunday Evening Football" featuring the Dallas Cowboys and also the NY Jets came a lot more than 25 million. Nielsen chart, page 10 Football came back to huge amounts a week ago, and NBC was the greatest beneficiary. The Peacock's opening two games from the National football league season -- such as the "Sunday Evening Football" marquee game between your Dallas Cowboys and also the NY Jets -- towered over everything airing in primetime. Each shipped nearly an 11 rating among grown ups 18-49 while drawing a lot more than 25 million audiences, lifting NBC to some dominant victory. As always, a few days at work Day is just one of transition, with a few shows -- just like a&E's "Storage Wars" and FX's "Save Me" -- wrapping prior to the onslaught of fall broadcast premieres looking for in a few days. And additionally towards the Nfl, other series starting off their fall seasons incorporated FX's hot "Sons of Anarchy" and Bravo's "Real Average women of Beverly Hillsides." Overall for that Sept. 5-11 frame, NBC's 3.9 rating/11 be part of grown ups 18-49 towered within the competition, with Univision ranking second (1.7/5), then Fox (1.6/5), CBS (1.5/4) and ABC (1.5/4). The Peacock also cruised in grown ups 25-54 (4.4/11) in addition to total audiences (11.a million). At NBC, whose weekly demo average was the greatest for just about any network since March, Thursday's National football league kickoff opener between your Eco-friendly Bay Packers and Saints averaged a monster 10.9 rating/30 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 27.17 million audiences oversall. Within the demo, this will make the game pitting the those who win from the latter Super Bowls the very best-ranked regular-season National football league primetime game to air on one network in 14 years. Along with a couple of nights later, about the evening from the 10-year commemoration of 9/11, NBC's "Sunday Evening Football" opener between your Jets and Cowboys averaged a ten.7/27 in 18-49 and 25.77 million audiences overall -- edging out a game title from last December being probably the most-viewed "SNF" game since NBC began the package in 2006. NBC's large week incorporated two top-10 perfs in 18-49 by "America's Got Talent," including Tuesday's two-hour performance show (3.1/8, 11.85m). The series seemed to be probably the most-viewed non-football telecast each week, calculating 12.36 million audiences for Wednesday's results show. CBS obtained a substantial audience on Sunday using the two-hour special "9/11: ten years Later" (3.6/9 in 1849, 12.34m), an up-to-date version from the acclaimed documentary that initially broadcast in March 2002. In cable a week ago, FX's "Sons of Anarchy" opened up its 4th season Tuesday with record amounts (2.5/7 in 18-49, 4.93m), standing because the frame's No. 1 scripted program among males 25-54 (2.8/7). And subsequently evening, "Save Me" wrapped its operate on our prime side (1.1/3, 2.33m). Also of note: ESPN obtained large with Saturday's wild nfl and college football game between Michigan and Notre Dame (2.9/10, 7.54m) A&E's "Storage Wars" (2.1/6, 5.33m) hit a set high and grew to become the net's No. 1 series telecast on record ABC Family's "The Key Existence from the American Teen" ended its summer time season strong (1.4/4 in 18-49, 2.83m), using its 2./7 in persons 12-34 the very best for just about any Television show Monday evening BET's season finale of "Sunday Best" came a franchise-best 2.11 million audiences Disney Channel's Friday comedy "Phineas and Ferb" came its biggest aud yet among both kids 6-11 (2.a million) and boys 6-11 (1.a million) truTV's "Hardcore Pawn" came a set-high 2.49 million audiences Tuesday, while on a single evening, new Warner Bros. Animation comedy "The Looney Tunes Show" shipped series levels in key demos in addition to total audiences (2.56 million). And also at Bravo, the growing season preem of "Real Average women of Beverly Hillsides" averaged 2.18 million audiences Monday -- a large gain within the show's series premiere of this past year although not a set record. It had been the very first episode from the show because the August suicide of 1 of their participants. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com