Wednesday TV Ratings 7/23/25: Match Game and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Premiere Solidly, South Park and Digman! Return Up from Finales, Big Brother Rises [+ Analysis]

Game show staple Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.38) had a very successful return on ABC, down just 14% from last summer's premiere (0.44) in the Adults 18-49 demographic. At nine, Match Game (0.37) held onto nearly all of its Millionaire lead-in for its first original in nearly four years, with new host Martin Short taking over for Alec Baldwin. Ultimately, this rating was actually higher than the last episode from the Baldwin era (0.29). But despite ABC's best efforts, it was CBS mainstay Big Brother (0.63, +0.03) that topped the night in the key demo. NBC aired repeats of Chicago Fire (0.17), Chicago Med (0.17), and Chicago PD (0.19). MasterChef (0.22, -0.04) slipped on Fox. Family Law (0.01) completely bombed in its CW return. Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.63	12	2.93	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (P)	0.38	7	4.24	ABC
	MasterChef	0.22	4	1.56	Fox
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.17	3	2.44	NBC
	Family Law (P)	0.01	0	0.30	CW
9 PM	Match Game (Revival Premiere)	0.37	6	3.30	ABC
	Chicago Med (R)	0.17	3	2.44	NBC
	Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service (R)	0.13	2	0.89	Fox
	Trivial Pursuit (R)	0.01	0	0.25	CW
9:30 PM	Hollywood Squares (R)	0.19	3	1.20	CBS
10 PM	Chicago PD (R)	0.19	4	2.45	NBC
	Shark Tank (R)	0.18	3	1.42	ABC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.12	2	1.33	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
MLB: Red Sox v. Phillies	ESPN	0.32	1.40
South Park	Comedy Central	0.18	0.43
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.16
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.17	3.09
Hannity	Fox News	0.15	2.71
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.14	0.61
Alien Sharks: Death Down Under	Discovery	0.08	0.56
NewsNight	CNN	0.08	0.66
Expedition Unknown: Shark Files	Discovery	0.07	0.87
Expedition X: Malpelo Monster Shark	Discovery	0.07	0.80
Sistas	BET	0.07	0.58
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.07	0.59
The Challenge	MTV	0.07	0.20
Digman!	Comedy Central	0.07	0.17
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.06	0.97
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.06	1.43
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FXX	0.05	0.13
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.05	1.00
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.58
Real Housewives of Miami	Bravo	0.05	0.28
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FXX	0.03	0.10