Ratings Watch: Republican Debate, ‘America’s Got Talent’ Lead Week

Fox News Channel trumped the competition in last week’s Live + 3 tally.

Thanks to Donald Trump, the Aug. 6 Republical presidential debate was the highest-rated primary debate in TV history, and also the most-watched telecast ever for Fox News Channel.

After three days of DVR usage, the debate added another million viewers, moving to an average of 25 million–not only the most-watched program of the week, but double what No. 2 (America’s Got Talent) did. The halo effect also spread to that night’s edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Report, which averaged an astounding 6.6 million viewers, good enough to make the top 25.

In other ratings, American Ninja Warrior continues to impress, as it’s in the middle of its most-watched summer yet. No surprise the show was just renewed for a fifth season.

And the second night of  Bachelor in Paradise‘s 2-night premiere won its timeslot with Adults 18-34 and across all key women demographics.

Here are the top 25 shows (including Live+3 DVR and VOD data) for the week of August 3 to 9.