In the first week of the new season, NBC's "Today" handily won the week in both Total Viewers and A25-54 Viewers with its largest audience averages in both categories since early June. (You can see the ratings for last season here.)

The averages from last week:

Total Viewers: NBC: 5.26M / ABC: 3.86M / CBS: 2.64M

A25-54 demo: NBC: 2.39M / ABC: 1.65M / CBS: 1.07M