NBC’s Taxi Brooklyn ain’t afraid of no sharknado, this Wednesday taking along 5.6 million total passengers paired with a 1.1 rating, up 6 percent and a tenth to hit series highs.
Putting some gas in Taxi‘s tank, America’s Got Talent did 10.6 mil and a 2.2, adding a few eyeballs but down two tenths in the demo week-to-week.
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Over on CBS, Big Brother (6.5 mil/2.2) dipped a tenth and tied AGT for the nightly demo win, while Extant — leading out of a Criminal Minds rerun (4.7 mil/1.1) — christened its new 10 pm time slot with 5.9 mil/1.1, down 9 percent in audience yet steady in the demo (after consecutive weeks of declines).
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Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance (3.5 mil/1.1) shed a few viewers but was steady in the demo… ABC’s Motive (3.5 mil/0.7) ticked up a tenth…. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (1.8 mil/0.5) gave The CW its second-most watched summer premiere ever, trailing only Whose Line.