Wednesday TV Ratings 8/2/23: Big Brother Returns as Summer’s #1 Show, MasterChef Steady, Food Stars Drops After Week Off, The Wonder Years Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Summer staple 'Big Brother' (0.72) had a very healthy return on CBS, coming in just 11% below its premiere from 2022 (0.81). 'Brother' fans quickly fled by the time repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.23) and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.16) rolled around. On Fox, 'MasterChef' (0.34, 0.00) held steady after taking a week off, but 'Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars' (0.19, -0.05) crashed to a new series low. ABC programs 'Judge Steve Harvey' (0.28, +0.03) and 'The Wonder Years' (0.21, +0.04) gained a few ticks each. The alphabet network also reran 'Abbott Elementary' (0.16) and 'AFV' (0.14). NBC's 'LA Fire & Rescue' (0.21, -0.01) shed a hundredth and led into more reruns of 'Chicago Fire' (0.15) and 'Chicago PD' (0.13). CW dramas 'Nancy Drew' (0.04, +0.01) and 'Riverdale' (0.03, +0.01) grew by a hundredth apiece.

Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary ratings.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother (P)	0.72	9	3.41	CBS
	MasterChef	0.34	4	1.99	Fox
	Judge Steve Harvey	0.28	4	2.93	ABC
	LA Fire & Rescue	0.21	3	2.43	NBC
	Nancy Drew	0.04	0	0.37	The CW
9 PM	The Wonder Years	0.21	2	1.60	ABC
	Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars	0.19	2	1.32	Fox
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.15	2	2.16	NBC
	Riverdale	0.03	0	0.21	The CW
9:30 PM	Young Sheldon (R)	0.23	3	1.59	CBS
	Abbott Elementary (R)	0.16	2	1.16	ABC
10 PM	CSI: Vegas (R)	0.16	2	1.54	CBS
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.14	2	1.19	ABC
	Chicago PD (R)	0.13	2	1.85	NBC