Wednesday TV Ratings 8/7/24: Summer Olympics Jump, Big Brother Hits Season High, Claim to Fame Sets New Low [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: After dealing with a noticeable decline on Tuesday night, the Summer Olympics (2.30, +0.18) made a bit of a recovery on NBC. On CBS, Big Brother (0.57, +0.07) soared to a new season high, and The Real CSI: Miami (0.19, +0.04) also improved. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.29, -0.02) and Claim to Fame (0.20, -0.01) declined on ABC. Fox aired repeats of MasterChef (0.13) and Beat Shazam (0.11). The CW went with reruns of Sullivan's Crossing (0.03) and Wild Cards (0.04). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2024 Summer Olympics	2.30	27	13.10	NBC
	Big Brother	0.57	7	2.97	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	0.29	4	3.14	ABC
	MasterChef (R)	0.13	2	0.79	Fox
	Sullivan's Crossing (R)	0.03	0	0.27	CW
9 PM	Claim to Fame	0.20	2	1.58	ABC
	The Real CSI: Miami	0.19	2	1.52	CBS
	Beat Shazam (R)	0.11	1	0.78	Fox
	Wild Cards (R)	0.04	0	0.31	CW
10 PM	Shark Tank (R)	0.13	2	0.88	ABC
	Tracker (R)	0.12	1	1.65	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2024 Summer Olympics 6 PM	USA	0.49	1.79
2024 Summer Olympics 8 PM	USA	0.31	1.10
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.21	3.24
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.20	2.69
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.19	0.62
Sistas	BET	0.15	0.83
Beavis & Butthead	Comedy Central	0.07	0.17
Beavis & Butthead	Comedy Central	0.06	0.15