There was some worry that the America’s Got Talent premier show would draw poor viewer numbers, seeing that it was pitted against the NBA Basketball Finals. That was not the case, according to a report today in the Los Angeles Times. Says that article:

NBC should be all smiles today. The third-season opener of “America’s Got Talent” more than held its own against what turned out to be the last game of the NBA Finals.

While the Boston Celtics were manhandling the Lakers out of a championship, “Talent” managed to pull a 3.6/10 rating among adults ages 18 to 49 and an average 12.8 million total viewers from 9 to 11 p.m. That’s off 15% from last year’s season bow (which did not go up against a major sporting event), but the haul is enough to give NBC the top premiere of the summer to date.