Wednesday TV Ratings 7/7/21: Big Brother Returns Steady with 2020 Premiere, Stanley Cup Rises for Final Game, Card Sharks Ends Higher (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: CBS's 'Big Brother' (1.0) returned onto the scene in remarkable shape, essentially on-par with its August 2020 debut (1.05). At 10, the season premiere of 'Love Island' (0.4) was also about even with its year-ago start (0.43) but continued to retain less than half of the 'Big Brother' audience. On NBC, game 5 of the 'Stanley Cup Playoffs' (0.7) grew a tenth from game 4 and surpassed all non-'Brother' broadcasts. Fox's 'MasterChef' (0.5) lost a tenth-and-a-half while 'Crime Scene Kitchen' (0.4) shed a few hundredths. 'The $100,000 Pyramid' (0.5) and the 'Card Sharks' finale (0.4) each rose a tenth from their last preliminary ratings on ABC. 'Press Your Luck' (0.4) was in repeat-mode in the 8pm slot. 'Kung Fu' (0.1) and 'In the Dark' (0.1) were flat on the CW.

Finals Update: Big Brother (+0.1), Stanley Cup Game 5 (+0.2), MasterChef (+0.1), Crime Scene Kitchen (+0.1), Love Island (+0.1) and the repeat of Press Your Luck (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother (P)	1.08/8	4.25	CBS
	Stanley Cup Game 5	0.94/6	3.51	NBC
	MasterChef	0.61/4	2.61	Fox
	Press Your Luck (R)	0.50/3	3.78	ABC
	Kung Fu	0.09/1	0.82	The CW
9 PM	The $100,000 Pyramid	0.53/4	3.99	ABC
	Crime Scene Kitchen	0.45/3	1.83	Fox
	In the Dark	0.07/1	0.42	The CW
9:30 PM	Love Island (P)	0.48/3	1.86	CBS
10 PM	Card Sharks (F)	0.40/3	2.74	ABC