NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Television viewers are ready for some football.
Three college matchups scored among the Nielsen company's four most-watched television programs last week. Only an episode of NBC's 鈥淎merica's Got Talent鈥� broke through.
The most popular game was ABC's Saturday night telecast where Georgia handed third-ranked Clemson a loss in Charlotte, North Carolina. The other popular matchups paired Notre Dame and Florida State and Ohio State and Minnesota.
It's all a warmup act for pro football, which starts its season this week and promises to dominate live television viewing.
Since it showed two of the three games, ABC was the week's most-watched network in prime time, with an average of 4.4 million viewers. CBS had 2.6 million, NBC had 2.53 million, Fox had 2.49 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 1 million.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 2.59 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.218 million, ESPN had 1.217 million, HGTV had 1.05 million and TLC had 921,000.
ABC's 鈥淲orld News Tonight" led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.2 million viewers. NBC's 鈥淣ightly News鈥� had 6.9 million and the 鈥淐BS Evening News鈥� had 5 million.
For the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5, the 20 most-watched programs in prime time, their networks and viewerships:
1. College Football: Georgia vs. Clemson, ABC, 8.86 million.
2. College Football: Notre Dame vs. Florida State, ABC, 7.75 million.
3. 鈥淎merica's Got Talent鈥� (Tuesday), NBC, 7.19 million.
4. College Football: Ohio State at Minnesota, Fox, 6.3 million.
5. 鈥淎merica's Got Talent鈥� (Wednesday), NBC, 6.1 million.
6. 鈥�60 Minutes,鈥� CBS, 5.91 million.
7. 鈥淭ucker Carlson Tonight鈥� (Monday), Fox News, 4.31 million.
8. 鈥淏ig Brother鈥� (Thursday), CBS, 4.1 million.
9. 鈥淏ig Brother鈥� (Wednesday), CBS, 4.01 million.
10. 鈥淭ucker Carlson Tonight鈥� (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.85 million.
11. 鈥淗annity鈥� (Monday), Fox News, 3.84 million.
12. 鈥淣CIS,鈥� CBS, 3.83 million.
13. 鈥淐ollege Football Pregame鈥� (Sunday), ABC, 3.82 million.
14. 鈥淐MA Summer Jam,鈥� ABC, 3.68 million.
15. 鈥淎merican Ninja Warrior,鈥� NBC, 3.67 million.
16. 鈥淗annity鈥� (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.62 million.
17. 鈥淭ucker Carlson Tonight鈥� (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.52 million.
18. 鈥淭he $100,000 Pyramid,鈥� ABC, 3.514 million.
19. 鈥淭he Neighborhood,鈥� CBS, 3.505 million.
20. 鈥淗annity鈥� (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.393 million.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
