Saturday TV Ratings 8/9/25: Fever/Sky Heavily Down from Previous CBS Primetime WNBA Game, NFL Preseason Easily Leads, Providence Falls Films Remain a Bust for Hallmark [+ Analysis]

CBS's WNBA broadcast (0.14) underwhelmed in the Adults 18-49 demographic, coming in well below Fox's MLB coverage (0.35). NBC's encores of The Wall (0.09) and Dateline (0.11) lost to ABC's reruns of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.12/0.14/0.13). AVP Beach Volleyball (0.03) was up slightly on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	MLB: Regional Coverage	0.35	7	1.83	Fox
	WNBA: Sky v. Fever	0.14	3	1.31	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (R)	0.12	2	1.40	ABC
	The Wall (R)	0.09	2	1.23	NBC
	AVP Beach Volleyball	0.03	1	0.18	CW
9 PM	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (R)	0.14	2	1.43	ABC
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.11	2	1.90	NBC
10 PM	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (R)	0.13	3	1.36	ABC
	48 Hours (R)	0.11	2	1.01	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL Preseason: Texans v. Vikings	NFL	0.60	2.15
NFL Preseason: Giants v. Bills	NFL	0.47	1.81
UFC Fight Night	ESPN	0.17	0.64
Banana Ball	ESPN2	0.11	0.38
UFC Fight Night Prelims	ESPN	0.10	0.46
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.09	0.57
AEW: Collision	TNT	0.08	0.42
One Piece	Adult Swim	0.05	0.13
Providence Falls: An Impossible Promise	Hallmark	0.05	0.59
My View with Lara Trump	Fox News	0.05	1.37