Wednesday Overnights: Clean Sweep for NBC

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 4.6/ 8, CBS: 2.5/ 5, Fox: 2.4/ 4, ABC: 1.5/ 3. CW: 0.5 1

Percent Change from Tuesday July 4, 2017:
Fox: +33, NBC: +12, CW: no change, CBS: – 7, ABC: -56

Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean sweep for NBC care of its pairing of a one-hour edition of “America’s Got Talent” (#1: for the night: 6.6 rating/12 share at 8 p.m.) and two-hours of sophomore “World of Dance” (3.6/ 7 from 9-11 p.m.). Comparably, “America’s Got Talent” bested competing “Big Brother” on CBS (#2: 4.0/ 8) by a considerable 65 percent. For more on “Big Brother,” click here

In season finale news, “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” on Fox finished a distant second in the 9 p.m. hour with a 2.4/ 4 in the household overnights. That led out of a similar 2.6/ 5 for “MasterChef” at 8 p.m., also hosted by Gordon Ramsay.

Elsewhere, recent CW entry “Burden of Truth” was off the overnight charts at a 0.6/ 1 from 8-9 p.m. The remainder of the evening was all repeats.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Wednesday, July 25 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Goldbergs” (R): 1.9/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 4.0/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.4/12 (#1)
Fox – “MasterChef”: 2.5/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Burden of Truth”: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Housewife” (R): 1/5 3 (#4)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.9/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.7/12 (#1)
Fox – “MasterChef”: 2.6/ 5 (#3)
CW – “Burden of Truth”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family” (R): 1.6/ 2 (#4)
CBS – “SEAL Team” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
NBC – “World of Dance”: 4.1/ 7 (#1)
Fox – “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” (season finale): 2.3/ 4 (#2)
CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Housewife” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “SEAL Team” (R): 1.8/ 3 (#3)
NBC – “World of Dance”: 3.7/ 7 (#1)
Fox – “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” (season finale): 2.4/ 4 (#2)
CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.3/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “SEAL Team” (R): 1.9/ 4 (#1)
NBC – “World of Dance”: 3.4/ 6 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “SEAL Team” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#1)
NBC – “World of Dance”: 3.1/ 6 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research