Sunday TV Ratings 8/1/21: Olympics Rise but Remain on the Low End, Big Brother Slips, Love Island and Wellington Paranormal Gain Steam (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Although the 'Olympics' (2.6) did rise by seven-tenths on NBC, it continued to underwhelm when compared to the ratings of years past. This result alone goes nearly 30% below the preliminary rating of last Sunday's telecast (3.7). CBS was flat with '60 Minutes' (0.3) and 'Big Brother' (0.8), but 'Love Island' (0.4) managed to gain a tenth in the back-half of the lineup. ABC backed away from airing new content, instead going with reruns of 'AFV' (0.3), 'Celebrity Family Feud' (0.4), 'The Chase' (0.2), and 'To Tell the Truth' (0.2). The game shows were ultimately just a tenth behind their week-ago originals. Fox had anemic reruns of 'LEGO Masters' (0.1), 'The Simpsons' (0.2), 'The Great North' (0.1), and 'Bob's Burgers' (0.2). As usual, the 9:30pm encore of 'Family Guy' (0.3) was the top performer of the evening for the network. The CW's 'Wellington Paranormal' (0.1) picked up a tenth as 'Dead Pixels' (0.0) remained invisible. A rerun of 'Legends of Tomorrow' (0.1) held the fort down at 8.

Finals Update: 2020 Tokyo Olympics (+0.3), Big Brother (+0.1), and repeats of Celebrity Family Feud (+0.1), The Great North (+0.1) and The Chase (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
7 PM	2020 Tokyo Olympics	2.88/18	13.02	NBC
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.34	3.25	ABC
	60 Minutes (R)	0.33/2	4.90	CBS
	LEGO Masters (R)	0.12	0.42	Fox
8 PM	Big Brother	0.88/6	3.40	CBS
	Celebrity Family Feud (R)	0.45	3.33	ABC
	The Simpsons (R)	0.20	0.64	Fox
	DC's Legends of Tomorrow (R)	0.05	0.25	The CW
8:30 PM	The Great North (R)	0.15	0.47	Fox
9 PM	Love Island	0.37/2	1.57	CBS
	The Chase (R)	0.26	2.42	ABC
	Bob's Burgers (R)	0.21	0.57	Fox
	Wellington Paranormal	0.06/0	0.25	The CW
9:30 PM	Family Guy (R)	0.27	0.76	Fox
	Dead Pixels	0.04/0	0.19	The CW
10 PM	To Tell the Truth (R)	0.19	2.00	ABC