Wednesday TV Ratings 8/20/25: Epic Universe Special Low, America’s Got Talent Rises for Results Show, Big Brother Dominates [+ Analysis]

NBC's America's Got Talent (0.33) was up from Tuesday night for its results show, but Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe (0.18) dropped off markedly from there. On ABC, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.35, +0.07) surged, while Match Game (0.26, +0.01) grew slightly. CBS's Big Brother (0.62, +0.01) was also up a bit from last week. MasterChef (0.21, -0.01) lost a hundredth on Fox, but Secret Service (0.20, +0.03) bounced back. Family Law (0.01, -0.02) slipped on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.62	10	3.04	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	0.35	6	3.43	ABC
	America's Got Talent	0.33	6	3.99	NBC
	MasterChef	0.21	4	1.60	Fox
	Family Law	0.01	0	0.41	CW
9 PM	Match Game	0.26	4	2.49	ABC
	Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service	0.20	3	1.22	Fox
	Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe	0.18	3	1.59	NBC
	Good Cop/Bad Cop (R)	0.01	0	0.23	CW
9:30 PM	Hollywood Squares (R)	0.17	3	1.29	CBS
10 PM	Shark Tank (R)	0.14	3	1.20	ABC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.13	3	1.31	CBS
	Chicago PD (R)	0.13	2	1.39	NBC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
South Park	Comedy Central	0.33	0.85
Little League World Series: SD v. SC	ESPN	0.25	1.76
The Challenge	MTV	0.19	0.59
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.04
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.17	3.02
Hannity	Fox News	0.17	2.66
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.16	0.56
The Kingdom	ESPN	0.11	0.49
Digman!	Comedy Central	0.08	0.18
The Kingdom	ESPN	0.07	0.27
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.06	0.91
Sistas	BET	0.06	0.62
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.52
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.05	0.89
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.05	1.16
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.47
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.04	0.45
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FX	0.04	0.18
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FXX	0.04	0.11