‘America’s Got Talent’ ratings take a dive with Howard Stern debut [View all]

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putting this in general discussion because Stern is a mysogynist pig

‘America’s Got Talent’ ratings take a dive with Howard Stern debut

Howard Stern (Evan Agostini - AP) About 10.3 million people tuned in to watch Howard Stern’s debut on NBC’s competition series “America’s Got Talent” Monday night, according to early stats.

Last year, when the show debuted later in May, on a Tuesday, it had clocked 15.3 million viewers.

That’s a 33 percent plunge.

Among 18-49 year old viewers who are the currency of NBC ad sales, Stern’s “Talent” season kickoff clocked 3.6 rating. That means just under 4 percent of the country’s viewers in that age bracket tuned in.

Last year’s debut did a 4.3 rating. That’s a 16 percent dive.

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