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Wednesday Ratings: NBC and Fox Share Modest Dominance; ‘Big Brother’ on CBS Tops Night in Adults 18-49

WEDNESDAY FAST AFFILIATE RATINGS

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Wednesday 9/01/21 Fast Affiliate Ratings

Total Viewers:
NBC: 3.36 million, ABC: 2.81, CBS: 2.55, Fox: 2.16, CW: 386,000

Adults 18-49:
NBC and Fox: 0.5 rating/4 share each, ABC and CBS: 0.4/ 3 each, CW: 0.1/ 1

It was shared leadership in the Wednesday 8 p.m. hour, with the live “America’s Got Talent” result show tops in total viewers with 5.88 million (with a 0.6 rating/5 share in adults 18-49 – #2), and “Big Brother” on CBS first in the demo (0.9/ 7) with a 3.85 million viewers (#2).

In more freshman summer news, both “House Calls With Dr. Phil” on CBS (Viewers: #4, 1.67 million; A18-49: #2, 0.2/ 2) and “Family Game Fight” on NBC (Viewers; #2, 2.25 million; A18-49: #2, 0.4/ 3) remained a bust in the Wednesday 9 p.m. hour. And “Superstar” on ABC was barely on the 10 p.m. charts with 1.79 million viewers (#3) and a 0.3/ 2 in adults 18-49 (#1t).

Elsewhere, two hours of Fox’s “MasterChef” had a typical fast affiliate performance (see network averages above). ABC had nothing unusual to report with its game show pairing of game shows “Press Your Luck” (Viewers: #3, 3.23 million; A18-49: 0.5/ 4 (#3t) and “The $100,000 Pyramid” (Viewers: #1, 3.41 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.5/ 4) from 8-10 p.m. CBS featured a Wednesday 10 p.m. edition of veteran “48 Hours” (Viewers: #1, 2.13 million; A18-49: #3, 0.2/ 2). And The CW remained buried in last place care of dramas “Riverdale” (Viewers: 403,000; A18-49: 0.1/ 1) and “In The Dark” (Viewers: 369,000; A18-49: 0.1/ 1).

UPDATED 9/02/2021 5:02 PM ET: What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Wednesday, September 1:

ABC
• 2.901 million viewers
• 1.8/5 HH (2.221 million households)
• 0.4/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.583 million adults 18-49)

Press Your Luck (ABC, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 3.349 million viewers
• 2.1/5 HH (2.510 million households)
• 0.6/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.720 million adults 18-49)

The $100,000 Pyramid (ABC, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 3.514 million viewers
• 2.2/5 HH (2.676 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.668 million adults 18-49)

Superstar Richard Pryor (ABC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.839 million viewers
• 1.2/3 HH (1.478 million households)
• 0.3/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.359 million adults 18-49)

CBS
• 2.630 million viewers
• 1.6/4 HH (1.998 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.603 million adults 18-49)

Big Brother 23 (CBS, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 4.014 million viewers
• 2.4/6 HH (2.886 million households)
• 0.9/8 A18-49 rating/share (1.237 million adults 18-49)

House Calls With Dr. Phil (CBS, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.674 million viewers
• 1.1/3 HH (1.322 million households)
• 0.2/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.280 million adults 18-49)

48 Hours The Secrets of Chad Daybell’s Backyard (S) (CBS, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 2.203 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.785 million households)
• 0.2/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.292 million adults 18-49)

NBC
• 3.455 million viewers
• 2.1/5 HH (2.591 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.571 million adults 18-49)

America’s Got Talent (NBC, 8:00 PM- 9:01 PM)
• 6.102 million viewers
• 3.6/9 HH (4.460 million households)
• 0.7/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.853 million adults 18-49)

Family Game Fight (NBC, 9:01 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.184 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH (1.662 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.507 million adults 18-49)

Fox
• 2.258 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH (1.706 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.689 million adults 18-49)

MasterChef (Fox, 8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.258 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH (1.706 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.689 million adults 18-49)

CW
• 0.368 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.309 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.088 million adults 18-49)

Riverdale (CW, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.364 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.312 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.083 million adults 18-49)

In The Dark (CW, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.373 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.307 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.092 million adults 18-49)

Univision
• 1.681 million viewers
• 0.9/2 HH (1.067 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.709 million adults 18-49)

Que Le Pasa A Mi Familia (Univision, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 1.328 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.821 million households)
• 0.4/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.517 million adults 18-49)

Disenando Tu Amor (Univision, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.542 million viewers
• 0.8/2 HH (0.944 million households)
• 0.5/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.610 million adults 18-49)

Si Nos Dejan (Univision, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.750 million viewers
• 0.9/2 HH (1.100 million households)
• 0.6/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.752 million adults 18-49)

La Desalmada (Univision, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.752 million viewers
• 0.9/3 HH (1.156 million households)
• 0.6/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.766 million adults 18-49)

UniMás
• 0.546 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.352 million households)
• 0.2/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.199 million adults 18-49)

Huerfanos de su Tierra (UniMás, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 0.253 million viewers
• 0.1/0 HH (0.161 million households)
• 0.1/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.102 million adults 18-49)

Enamorandonos (UniMás, 8:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.546 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.352 million households)
• 0.2/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.199 million adults 18-49)

Telemundo
• 1.177 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.794 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.468 million adults 18-49)

Casa De Los Famosos (Telemundo, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.983 million viewers
• 0.6/1 HH (0.696 million households)
• 0.3/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.347 million adults 18-49)

Hercai: Amor Venganza (Telemundo, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.428 million viewers
• 0.8/2 HH (0.922 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.559 million adults 18-49)

Cafe Aroma De Mujer (Telemundo, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.048 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.718 million households)
• 0.4/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.475 million adults 18-49)

Source: Nielsen Media Research