Wednesday TV Ratings 7/31/24: Summer Olympics and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Decline, Claim to Fame Stumbles to New Low [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On NBC, the Summer Olympics (2.33, -0.77) dealt with a 25% decline, but a weakened Olympics was still leagues above all other offerings on Wednesday night. Over on CBS, Big Brother (0.50, -0.02) ticked down, but The Real CSI: Miami (0.15, +0.01) inched up. Who Wants to Be A Millionaire (0.31, -0.06) and Claim to Fame (0.21, -0.01) slipped on ABC. Fox had repeat showings of MasterChef (0.15) and Beat Shazam (0.13). The CW went with encores of Sullivan's Crossing (0.04) and Wild Cards (0.04). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2024 Summer Olympics	2.33	27	13.37	NBC
	Big Brother	0.50	6	2.72	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	0.31	4	3.12	ABC
	MasterChef (R)	0.15	2	0.93	Fox
	Sullivan's Crossing (R)	0.04	0	0.30	CW
9 PM	Claim to Fame	0.21	2	1.64	ABC
	The Real CSI: Miami	0.15	2	1.52	CBS
	Beat Shazam (R)	0.13	1	0.78	Fox
	Wild Cards (R)	0.04	0	0.30	CW
10 PM	Tracker (R)	0.13	2	1.53	CBS
	Shark Tank (R)	0.11	1	0.87	ABC

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2024 Summer Olympics	USA	0.38	1.27
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.18	0.61
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.18	2.38
Sistas	BET	0.14	0.81
Beavis & Butthead	Comedy Central	0.06	0.12
Beavis & Butthead	Comedy Central	0.06	0.12