NBC has scored record highs with American Ninja Warrior in Season 5, beating out its own records in total viewership from its first four years of competition.
2016 has also seen American Ninja Warrior score its first Emmy nomination, and it’s currently in the running for Outstanding Reality Show Competition.
Folks in all of the key ratings demographics seem to be tuning in on a weekly basis to see which athletes flop and which athletes finish.
Episodes average 7.2 million viewers and an impressive 2.1 rating, and the show draws numbers that have consistently ranked it in the top ten of summer series on ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC.