Thursday TV Ratings 8/26/21: Making It Rises for Finale, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Big Brother Steady (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: NBC's 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' (0.40/0.33) was steady with last week in the 8pm slot and up by five hundredths at 8:30, signaling that it seems to have stabilized. 'Making It' (0.33) gained a tenth for its season finale in the 9pm slot and was followed by a rerun of 'SVU' (0.22). On CBS, 'Big Brother' (0.99) was essentially even with last week and led into encores of 'The Neighborhood' (0.32), 'B Positive' (0.26), and 'Bull' (0.23). ABC went with repeats of 'Holey Moley' (0.37), 'When Nature Calls' (0.20), and 'The Hutler' (0.27). Compared to their week-ago originals, 'Moley was down by just three hundredths, 'Nature Calls' was even, and 'The Hustler' actually improved by two hundredths. Fox began airing reruns of 'Call Me Kat' (0.19/0.18), but they were barely above half of what the 8pm encore of 'MasterChef' (0.35) garnered. On the CW, 'Coroner' (0.10) rose by two hundredths while 'The Outpost' (0.05) held flat.

Finals Update: 'Big Brother' (+0.1) and repeats of 'MasterChef' (+0.1) and 'Holey Moley' (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of 'Law & Order: SVU' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.99/8	3.98	CBS
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	0.40/3	1.90	NBC
	Holey Moley (R)	0.37/3	2.34	ABC
	MasterChef (R)	0.35/3	1.36	Fox
	Coroner	0.10/1	0.72	The CW
8:30 PM	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	0.33/3	1.45	NBC
9 PM	Making It (F)	0.33/3	1.96	NBC
	The Neighborhood (R)	0.32/2	1.45	CBS
	When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren (R)	0.20/2	1.29	ABC
	Call Me Kat (R)	0.19/2	1.00	Fox
	The Outpost	0.05/0	0.46	The CW
9:30 PM	B Positive (R)	0.26/2	1.75	CBS
	Call Me Kat (R)	0.18/1	1.01	Fox
10 PM	The Hustler (R)	0.27/2	1.37	ABC
	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.22/2	1.26	NBC
	Bull (R)	0.23/2	1.88	CBS