NBC's BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS Jumps +18% from Last Week's Premiere

NBC wins Tuesday night among the Big 4 networks, winning the night in all key demographics and claiming six of six half-hours in adults 18-49.

NBC has won the opening two nights of the new season in 18-49 among the Big 4 for a third year in a row, tying ABC's three-year streak from 20 years earlier ('93-94 thru '95-96) as the longest such streak in people meter history .

"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" (2.2/7 in 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall from 10:01-11 p.m. ET) jumps +22% from Week 1 to Week 2 in 18-49 (2.2 vs. 1.8), despite facing dramatically increased competition this week from ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" and CBS's series premiere of "Limitless."

Is up +29% versus NBC's average in the time period last season (2.2 vs. 1.7, non-sports L+SD).

Earns NBC's 18-49 high in the slot excluding "The Voice" in 10 months (since Nov. 11, 2014, 2.2) and matched NBC's high in the slot excluding "The Voice" in nearly a year (since Sept. 30, 2014.

"The Voice" (3.4/11 in 18-49, 12.1 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) is the #1 show of the night in 18-49 and jumps +17% versus the show's spring finale in 18-49 (3.4 vs. 2.9 from 9-11 p.m. on May 19). It also scored NBC's top rating in the time period in six months (since March 10, 3.8).

NBC led the second night of the 2015-16 season among the Big 4 in 18-49 for a third consecutive year, the longest streak of Premiere Tuesday victories for NBC in people meter history and the longest streak of Premiere Tuesday victories for any net since ABC won six Premiere Tuesdays in a row from 1991-92 to 1996-97.

This is the third consecutive year NBC has won the first two nights of the season in 18-49, matching ABC's streak from 1993-94 to 1995-96 as the longest streak in people meter history.

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