Wednesday TV Ratings 9/9/20: 48 Hours: Suspicion Starts Far Lower Than Previous Tiger King Special,, Big Brother Rises (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Following in the footsteps of Fox's TMZ special (that garnered a robust 1.0 rating), CBS decided to cash in on the 'Tiger King' hysteria with a special of their own in the form of '48 Hours: Suspicion' (0.3). The '48 Hours' outing debuted in pretty feeble territory, losing a tenth from a stable 'Love Island' (0.4) before it. While the Fox special had a much stronger lead-in (1.5), this is still a pretty unsatisfactory result that may signal the hype for the Netflix series has died down. CBS started the night with longtime juggernaut 'Big Brother' (1.0), the series lost a tenth from its last Wednesday episode but rose from its Sunday airing.

NBC's own powerhouse 'America's Got Talent' (0.6) couldn't hold a candle to CBS's 8pm effort but at least held stable with its last installment. It led into a very low-rated 'Inspire Change' special (0.2) and a 'Chicago Fire' repeat (0.2). Fox managed to beat out the peacock network's encores with a duo of 'MasterChef' repeats (0.4/0.4). ABC fell behind them with a set of six comedy repeats (0.4/0.3/0.3/0.3/0.3/0.2). The CW gained a tick with 'The 100' (0.2) but was frozen at 0.1 with 'Coroner'.

Finals Update: Big Brother (+0.1) and 48 Hours: Suspicion (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	Big Brother	1.1/7	4.08	CBS
	America's Got Talent	0.6/5	5.50	NBC
	The Goldbergs (R)	0.4/3	2.20	ABC
	MasterChef (R)	0.4/3	1.49	Fox
	The 100	0.2/1	0.59	The CW
8:30 PM	Blackish (R)	0.3/2	1.56	ABC
9 PM	Love Island	0.4/2	1.66	CBS
	MasterChef (R)	0.4/3	1.59	Fox
	The Conners (R)	0.3/2	1.85	ABC
	Inspire Change	0.2/1	1.30	NBC
	Coroner	0.1/1	0.90	The CW
9:30 PM	American Housewife (R)	0.3/2	1.53	ABC
10 PM	48 Hours: Suspicion (Series Premiere)	0.4/3	2.53	CBS
	The Goldbergs (R)	0.3/2	1.27	ABC
	Chicago Med (R)	0.2/1	1.57	NBC
10:30 PM	The Conners (R)	0.2/2	1.21	ABC