Sunday TV Ratings 8/29/21: NFL Preseason Takes Second Behind Big Brother, The Chase and To Tell the Truth Drop (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: With a sizable lead-in from the '2020 Tokyo Paralympics' (0.7), NBC's showing of the 'Browns v. Falcons' NFL preseason game managed a sturdy 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo. That was still not enough to eclipse CBS's 'Big Brother' (1.0), with 'Brother' down a tick from last week despite '60 Minutes' (0.7) surging in the 7pm hour. Reruns of 'The Equalizer' (0.4) and 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (0.3) were each a notch above their week-ago outings. The 'AFV' encore (0.5) and 'Celebrity Family Feud' original (0.6) were unchanged on ABC, but 'The Chase' (0.4) and 'To Tell the Truth' (0.4) lost some steam, with the two down two-tenths and a tenth respectively. The Fox network got 0.2s from reruns of its newer entries ('LEGO Masters' & 'The Great North') and 0.3s out of its established veterans ('Simpsons', 'Bob's, 'Family Guy'). On the CW, 'Legends of Tomorrow' (0.1) was flat while 'Wellington Paranormal' (0.1) picked up a tenth.

Finals Update: The Chase (+0.1) and NFL Preseason (+0.2) adjusted down. 2020 Tokyo Paralympics (-0.3) and Wellington Paranormal (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
7 PM	60 Minutes (R)	0.70/7	6.75	CBS
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.55/4	4.76	ABC
	2020 Tokyo Paralympics	0.42/3	2.10	NBC
	LEGO Masters (R)	0.17/1	0.59	Fox
8 PM	NFL Preseason: Browns v. Falcons	1.08/8	5.06	NBC
	Big Brother	0.99/7	4.11	CBS
	Celebrity Family Feud	0.57/4	4.56	ABC
	The Simpsons (R)	0.26/2	0.75	Fox
	DC's Legends of Tomorrow	0.07/1	0.43	The CW
8:30 PM	The Great North (R)	0.23/2	0.60	Fox
9 PM	The Chase	0.47/3	3.98	ABC
	The Equalizer (R)	0.35/3	2.30	CBS
	Bob's Burgers (R)	0.32/2	0.75	Fox
	Wellington Paranormal	0.04/0	0.30	The CW
9:30 PM	Family Guy (R)	0.29/2	0.81	Fox
	Wellington Paranormal (R)	0.04/0	0.20	The CW
10 PM	To Tell the Truth	0.37/3	3.14	ABC
	NCIS: Los Angeles (R)	0.28/2	2.26	CBS