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Wednesday Ratings: CBS and ESPN in Virtual Tie for Adults 18-49 Lead

With their combo of reality competitions “Big Brother” and “The Challenge: USA”, CBS easily won the young adults battle among their broadcast network competition.

“The Challenge: USA”, averaging a 0.40 A18-49 rating thus far this season, is drawing on-par to last summer Wednesday’s post-“Big Brother” program “Love Island” (season three); yet, “The Challenge: USA” has averaged well over 2 million total viewers, while last summer’s “Love Island” had never drawn more than 1.86 million in live plus same day data.

ESPN, televising the second game of MLB’s N.Y. Subway Series matchup (Mets 3, Yankees 2) and the subsequent “SportsCenter”, practically matched CBS’ demo output, averaging a 0.43 A18-49 rating from 7-11:30 p.m. Eastern (the margins between ESPN and CBS might be closer, with ESPN perhaps on top, if only focusing on the 8-11 p.m. time window; however, ESPN’s exact demo rating in the three-hour prime time frame was unavailable at post time).

Despite an all-rerun lineup of One Chicago dramas, NBC was the night’s most-watched network in total viewers.

UPDATED 7/28/2022 7:18 PM ET: What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Wednesday, July 27:

ABC
• 1.426 million viewers
• 0.9/3 HH (1.135 million households)
• 0.20/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.266 million adults 18-49)

The Conners (R) (ABC, 8:00 PM- 8:30 PM)
• 2.189 million viewers
• 1.4/4 HH (1.749 million households)
• 0.27/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.355 million adults 18-49)

The Goldbergs (R) (ABC, 8:30 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.330 million viewers
• 0.9/2 HH (1.062 million households)
• 0.20/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.261 million adults 18-49)

Abbott Elementary (R) (ABC, 9:00 PM- 9:31 PM)
• 1.212 million viewers
• 0.8/2 HH (0.978 million households)
• 0.16/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.207 million adults 18-49)

Home Economics (R) (ABC, 9:31 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.025 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.862 million households)
• 0.12/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.159 million adults 18-49)

Press Your Luck (R) (ABC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.398 million viewers
• 0.9/3 HH (1.078 million households)
• 0.24/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.307 million adults 18-49)

CBS
• 2.467 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.839 million households)
• 0.45/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.584 million adults 18-49)

Big Brother (CBS, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 3.766 million viewers
• 2.2/6 HH (2.709 million households)
• 0.75/8 A18-49 rating/share (0.979 million adults 18-49)

The Challenge: USA (CBS, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.181 million viewers
• 1.3/4 HH (1.635 million households)
• 0.42/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.551 million adults 18-49)

S.W.A.T. (R) (CBS, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.455 million viewers
• 1.0/3 HH (1.172 million households)
• 0.17/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.223 million adults 18-49)

NBC
• 2.681 million viewers
• 1.8/5 HH (2.189 million households)
• 0.26/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.334 million adults 18-49)

Chicago Med (R) (NBC, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 2.831 million viewers
• 1.9/5 HH (2.310 million households)
• 0.24/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.309 million adults 18-49)

Chicago Fire (R) (NBC, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.766 million viewers
• 1.9/5 HH (2.289 million households)
• 0.25/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.329 million adults 18-49)

Chicago PD (R) (NBC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 2.448 million viewers
• 1.6/5 HH (1.967 million households)
• 0.28/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.366 million adults 18-49)

Fox
• 1.950 million viewers
• 1.2/3 HH (1.473 million households)
• 0.35/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.460 million adults 18-49)

MasterChef (Fox, 8:00 PM- 9:01 PM)
• 2.349 million viewers
• 1.4/4 HH (1.742 million households)
• 0.42/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.545 million adults 18-49)

So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 9:01 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.537 million viewers
• 1.0/3 HH (1.195 million households)
• 0.29/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.372 million adults 18-49)

CW
• 0.391 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.293 million households)
• 0.03/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.043 million adults 18-49)

Mysteries Decoded (CW, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.583 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.428 million households)
• 0.05/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.061 million adults 18-49)

Wellington Paranormal (CW, 9:00 PM- 9:30 PM)
• 0.214 million viewers
• 0.1/0 HH (0.165 million households)
• 0.02/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.023 million adults 18-49)

Wellington Paranormal (R) (CW, 9:30 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.183 million viewers
• 0.1/0 HH (0.151 million households)
• 0.02/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.025 million adults 18-49)

Univision
• 1.054 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.673 million households)
• 0.33/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.426 million adults 18-49)

La Rosa De Guadalupe (Univision, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 1.051 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.690 million households)
• 0.30/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.394 million adults 18-49)

La Mexicana y el Guero (Univision, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.945 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH (0.579 million households)
• 0.27/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.348 million adults 18-49)

Herencia, Legado Amor (Univision, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.224 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.788 million households)
• 0.38/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.495 million adults 18-49)

Mujer De Nadie (Univision, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.992 million viewers
• 0.5/2 HH (0.651 million households)
• 0.33/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.436 million adults 18-49)

UniMás
• 0.311 million viewers
• 0.2/0 HH (0.211 million households)
• 0.12/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.160 million adults 18-49)

Reto 4 Elementos: Naturaleza Extrema Season 3 (UniMás, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.242 million viewers
• 0.1/0 HH (0.158 million households)
• 0.08/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.106 million adults 18-49)

Inseparables, Amor al Limite Season 3 (UniMás, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.208 million viewers
• 0.1/0 HH (0.127 million households)
• 0.08/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.107 million adults 18-49)

Liga MX (UniMás, 10:00 PM-12:13 AM)
• 0.500 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.341 million households)
• 0.21/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.278 million adults 18-49)

Telemundo
• 1.048 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.809 million households)
• 0.26/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.334 million adults 18-49)

La Casa De Los Famosos Season 2 (Telemundo, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.271 million viewers
• 0.8/2 HH (0.935 million households)
• 0.31/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.404 million adults 18-49)

Amor Valiente (Telemundo, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.879 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.727 million households)
• 0.21/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.278 million adults 18-49)

Infiel: Historia de un Engano (Telemundo, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.930 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.707 million households)
• 0.22/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.290 million adults 18-49)

MLB Weekday New York Yankees @ New York Mets (ESPN, 7:00 PM, 202 min.)
• 2.120 million viewers
• 1.22 HH (Range: 1.487-1.499 million households)
• 0.50 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.646-0.659 million adults 18-49)

AEW Dynamite (TBS, 8:00 PM, 121 min.)
• 0.976 million viewers
• 0.61 HH (Range: 0.741-0.753 million households)
• 0.33 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.424-0.437 million adults 18-49)

SportsCenter (ESPN, 10:22 PM, 68 min.)
• 0.786 million viewers
• 0.46 HH (Range: 0.557-0.569 million households)
• 0.23 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.294-0.306 million adults 18-49)

Liga MX Pachuca vs Necaxa desde Estadio Victoria (TUDN, 7:55 PM, 125 min.)
• 0.161 million viewers
• 0.10 HH (Range: 0.116-0.128 million households)
• 0.07 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.085-0.098 million adults 18-49)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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