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Wednesday Ratings: CBS, NBC and Fox Share Diluted Leadership

WEDNESDAY FAST AFFILIATE RATINGS

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Wednesday 8/25/21 Fast Affiliate Ratings

Total Viewers:
NBC: 3.04 million, ABC: 2.96, CBS: 2.51, Fox: 2.31, CW: 428,000

Adults 18-49:
CBS and Fox: 0.5 rating/4 share each, ABC and NBC: 0.4/ 3 each, CW: 0.1/ 0

The live “America’s Got Talent” results show on NBC topped the night in total viewers, with 5.48 million in the Wednesday 8 p.m. ET hour. But competing “Big Brother” on CBS (Viewers: #2, 3.63 million) dominated in adults 18-49 with a 0.9 rating/7 share. “AGT” scored a second place 0.6/ 5 in the demo, and it led into recent non-scripted entry “Family Game Fight” (Viewers: #3, 2.09 million; A18-49: #2t, 0.4/ 3 at 9 p.m.).

In week two news, the Eye net’s “House Calls with Dr. Phil” did not benefit airing out of “Big Brother”, with a mere 1.77 million viewers (#4) and a 0.3/ 2 in adults 18-49 (#4) at 9 p.m. That led into a Wednesday 10 p.m. edition of “48 Hours”, which scored 2.16 million viewers (#2) and a 0.3/ 2 in the demo (#1t).

Also airing its second episode was ABC Wednesday 10 p.m. documentary series “Superstar”, which profiled John Ritter last night. It averaged 2.09 million viewers (#3) and a 0.3/ 3 in adults 18-49 (#1) out of the 3.40 million viewers (#1) and 0.4/ 3 in adults 18-49 #2t) for lead-in “The $100,000 Pyramid” at 9 p.m. Earlier in the evening on ABC was game show “Press Your Luck” (Viewers: #3, 3.01 million; A18-49: #3, 0.4/ 3 at 8 p.m.).

Elsewhere, Fox featured a two-hour installment of veteran “Masterchef” (see network averages above). And The CW capped off this final Wednesday in August with cellar-dweller dramas “Riverdale” (Viewers: 520,000; A18-49: 0.1/ 1 at 8 p.m.) and “In the Dark” (Viewers: 336,000; A18-49: 0.0/ 0 at 9 p.m.).

UPDATED 8/26/2021 5:14 PM ET: What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Wednesday, August 25:

ABC
• 3.070 million viewers
• 2.0/5 HH (2.435 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.550 million adults 18-49)

Press Your Luck (ABC, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 3.115 million viewers
• 2.0/5 HH (2.401 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.614 million adults 18-49)

The $100,000 Pyramid (ABC, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 3.536 million viewers
• 2.3/6 HH (2.783 million households)
• 0.5/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.600 million adults 18-49)

Superstar John Ritter (ABC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 2.558 million viewers
• 1.8/5 HH (2.122 million households)
• 0.3/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.434 million adults 18-49)

CBS
• 2.601 million viewers
• 1.7/4 HH (2.031 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.647 million adults 18-49)

Big Brother 23 (CBS, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 3.804 million viewers
• 2.3/6 HH (2.829 million households)
• 1.0/7 A18-49 rating/share (1.232 million adults 18-49)

House Calls with Dr. Phil (CBS, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.776 million viewers
• 1.2/3 HH (1.420 million households)
• 0.3/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.368 million adults 18-49)

48 Hours (S) (CBS, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 2.224 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.845 million households)
• 0.3/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.341 million adults 18-49)

NBC
• 3.173 million viewers
• 1.9/5 HH (2.320 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.583 million adults 18-49)

America’s Got Talent (NBC, 8:00 PM- 9:01 PM)
• 5.790 million viewers
• 3.4/9 HH (4.165 million households)
• 0.7/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.878 million adults 18-49)

Family Game Fight (NBC, 9:01 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.087 million viewers
• 1.3/3 HH (1.531 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.529 million adults 18-49)

Fox
• 2.412 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.856 million households)
• 0.6/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.732 million adults 18-49)

MasterChef (P) (Fox, 8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.412 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.856 million households)
• 0.6/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.732 million adults 18-49)

CW
• 0.412 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.354 million households)
• 0.1/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.083 million adults 18-49)

Riverdale (CW, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.467 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.383 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.096 million adults 18-49)

In The Dark (CW, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.357 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.325 million households)
• 0.1/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.069 million adults 18-49)

Univision
• 1.340 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.831 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.615 million adults 18-49)

La Rosa de Guadalupe (Univision, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 1.206 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.743 million households)
• 0.4/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.530 million adults 18-49)

Disenando Tu Amor (Univision, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.398 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.905 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.550 million adults 18-49)

Futbol Central (Univision, 9:00 PM- 9:20 PM)
• 0.957 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH (0.642 million households)
• 0.3/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.399 million adults 18-49)

MLS 21 All Star Game (S) (Univision, 9:20 PM-12:00 AM)
• 1.404 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.841 million households)
• 0.6/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.736 million adults 18-49)

UniMás
• 0.495 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.362 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.193 million adults 18-49)

Huerfanos de su Tierra (UniMás, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 0.254 million viewers
• 0.2/0 HH (0.211 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.095 million adults 18-49)

Enamorandonos (UniMás, 8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.588 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH (0.440 million households)
• 0.2/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.214 million adults 18-49)

La Reina del Flow (UniMás, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.311 million viewers
• 0.2/0 HH (0.205 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.151 million adults 18-49)

Telemundo
• 1.136 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.804 million households)
• 0.3/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.384 million adults 18-49)

Casa De Los Famosos (P) (Telemundo, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.919 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH (0.662 million households)
• 0.2/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.290 million adults 18-49)

Hercai: Amor Venganza (Telemundo, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.314 million viewers
• 0.8/2 HH (0.932 million households)
• 0.3/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.444 million adults 18-49)

Cafe Aroma De Mujer (Telemundo, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.092 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.764 million households)
• 0.3/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.396 million adults 18-49)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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