Historic breakdown for episode 20 of AGT (5th live results show - Semi-Finals #2): 2008 (Hoff, Morgan, Osbourne) 2.3 rating, 9.83 million viewers 2009 (Hoff, Morgan, Osbourne) 2.1 rating, 10.06 million viewers 2010 (Mandel, Morgan, Osbourne) 2.5 rating, 10.47 million viewers 2011 (Mandel, Morgan, Osbourne) 2.6 rating, 10.65 million viewers 2012 (Mandel, Osbourne, Stern) 1.9 rating, 7.87 million viewers 2013 (Mandel, Heidi, Mel B, Stern) 2.3 rating, 10.03 million viewers 2014 (Mandel, Heidi, Mel B, Stern) 1.8 rating, 10.52 million viewers 2015 (Mandel, Heidi, Mel B, Stern) 1.8 rating, 9.46 million viewers 2016 (Mandel, Heidi, Mel B, Cowell) 1.9 rating, 10.47 million viewers AGT had its final semi-finals show last night, and once again it drew larger ratings than last year with Stern, and had over a million more viewers. It also beat out Big Brother once again...something Stern had a hard time doing, as he lost to Big Brother on many occasions, as well as losing to many cooking shows and documentaries. Going into the Finale next week, it is clear that NBC made the right move by firing Stern and hiring Cowell. Stern can chalk up his time on AGT as a failure, as with many, many of his other projects. The guy couldn't be more irrelevant. Enjoy your part-time gig on radio Stern...that's all you will ever, ever get again. episode 1 - 2.6 rating, 11.67 million viewers episode 2 - 2.3 rating, 10.79 million viewers episode 3 - 2.6 rating, 11.54 million viewers episode 4 - 2.3 rating, 11.73 million viewers episode 5 - 2.4 rating, 11.21 million viewers episode 6 - 2.7 rating, 12.81 million viewers episode 7 - 2.4 rating, 11.54 million viewers episode 8 - 2.4 rating, 11.85 million viewers episode 9 - 2.3 rating, 11.10 million viewers episode 10 - 2.3 rating, 10.78 million viewers episode 11 - 2.3 rating, 10.47 million viewers (1st live performance show) episode 12 - 1.8 rating, 9.52 million viewers (1st live results show) episode 13 - 2.5 rating, 11.57 million viewers (2nd live performance show) episode 14 - 1.7 rating, 9.14 million viewers (2nd live results show) episode 15 - 2.4 rating, 11.26 million viewers (3rd live performance show) episode 16 - 2.1 rating, 10.48 million viewers (3rd live results show) episode 17 - 2.6 rating, 12.28 million viewers (4th live performance show - Semi-Finals #1) episode 18 - 2.1 rating, 10.77 million viewers (4th live results show - Semi-Finals #1) episode 19 - 2.4 rating, 11.73 million viewers (5th live performance show - Semi-Finals #2) episode 20 - 1.9 rating, 10.47 million viewers (5th live performance show - Semi-Finals #2) http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/09/08/tv-ratings-wednesday-sept-7-2016/