http://www.marketingcharts.com/print/magazine-pib-advertising-revenue-up-61-in-1h07-963/The Singing Bee, from NBC, was the highest-rated new summer series premiere since the debut of NBC’s Meet My Folks in July of 2002 in the adults 18-49 demo, when it aired July 10, writes Mediaweek.
It was also the best premiere on NBC among non-scripted series since the premiere of The Apprentice in January of 2004.
In total viewers, the new show was the most-watched new summer series premiere since ABC’s Dancing with the Stars premiered in 2005.
Fox is airing a nearly identical show, called Don’t Forget the Lyrics. In each show, a contestant is given a song to sing, and then is asked halfway through the song to sing the lyrics exactly as the original artist sang it, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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