NBC RATINGS NOTES FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 8

· With a lineup of all encore programming, NBC tied for first for the night among the Big 4 networks with a 1.3/5 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.001 million viewers overall.

· From 8-9 p.m., an encore of "America's Got Talent" earned a 1.3/5 and 6.589 million viewers.

· The show grew half-hour to half-hour in both the demo (1.3, 1.4) and total viewers (6.392 million to 6.786 million).

· "AGT" rose 18% and/or .2 from its performance a week ago in the demo.

· From 9-11 p.m., an encore of "American Ninja Warrior" earned a 1.2/4 and 4.206 million viewers and was even from a week ago in the demo.

· "ANW" won both the 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. hour timeslots against Big 4 competition in the demo.

· In fact, in the 10 p.m. hour the encore of "ANW" beat original programming on both CBS and ABC.

Another "America's Got Talent" point from last night:

"AGT" recap was the #1 broadcast program on the night among total viewers (6.589 million), ahead of the 2nd place program, the "Big Brother" original (5.840 million).