Secondly, and (potentially) the bigger deal, since its series debut back in 2006, AGT season premieres have gotten between 10.48 and 15.28 million viewers, with the formerly lowest viewing number coming in 2012.
First off, with the exception of a new episode of MasterChef Junior on Fox, America’s Got Talent didn’t have any competition from a new episode of network television in its first hour.
While this drop in viewers might not seem like a huge deal, there are two signs that point to it possibly being more of an issue than most fans would realize.