Wednesday TV Ratings 9/10/25: Match Game Rises for Finale at Special Time, Big Brother Drops, Downton Abbey Special Abysmal [+ Analysis]

ABC game show Match Game (0.27, +0.06) was bumped up an hour for its finale and rose as a result, coming only a hundredth behind NBC's America's Got Talent (0.28, +0.01). After Talent, a Downton Abbey-themed special (0.10) received minimal attention. On CBS, Big Brother (0.65, -0.09) dropped markedly from last week. Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service (0.18, -0.02) was down for its Fox finale, and MasterChef (0.19, -0.01) also dipped. Family Law (0.03, -0.01) shed a hundredth on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.65	11	3.21	CBS
	America's Got Talent	0.28	5	4.12	NBC
	Match Game (F)	0.27	5	2.40	ABC
	MasterChef (Recap)	0.19	3	1.28	Fox
	Family Law	0.03	0	0.42	CW
9 PM	Match Game (R)	0.20	3	1.83	ABC
	Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service (F)	0.18	3	1.18	Fox
	Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale	0.10	2	1.60	NBC
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.03	0	0.26	CW
9:30 PM	Hollywood Squares (R)	0.17	3	1.20	CBS
10 PM	Shark Tank (R)	0.13	3	1.31	ABC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.11	2	1.42	CBS
	Chicago PD (R)	0.10	2	1.19	NBC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.53	5.28
Hannity	Fox News	0.50	4.95
Hannity	Fox News	0.36	3.79
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.14	0.96
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.14	0.98
The Challenge	MTV	0.13	0.41
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.12	0.58
NewsNight	CNN	0.10	0.88
Women's College Volleyball: Louisville v. TX	ESPN	0.09	0.37
Sistas	BET	0.08	0.69
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.07	1.21
Women's College Volleyball: Pitt v. KY	ESPN	0.07	0.24
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.06	1.24
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.06	0.32
Beavis & Butthead	Comedy Central	0.05	0.22
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.05	1.38