Wednesday TV Ratings 6/17/26: Las Culturistas Culture Awards Low, Brilliant Minds Dips Again, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Repeat Dominates Broadcast [+ Analysis]

NBC drama Brilliant Minds (0.16, -0.01) ticked down on Wednesday night and was more than a full tenth below ABC's Celebrity Wheel of Fortune repeat (0.27). CBS aired encores of Final Twist (0.15), NCIS (0.17), and NCIS: Sydney (0.14), while Fox went with reruns of MasterChef (0.16) and Fear Factor: House of Fear (0.13). The CW aired repeats of Police 24/7 (0.04) and Law & Order Toronto (0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R)	0.27	3	2.86	ABC
	Brilliant Minds	0.16	2	2.67	NBC
	MasterChef (R)	0.16	2	1.04	Fox
	Harlan Coben's Final Twist (R)	0.15	2	2.08	CBS
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.04	0	0.45	CW
9 PM	NCIS (R)	0.17	2	1.96	CBS
	Scrubs (R)	0.15	2	1.44	ABC
	Fear Factor: House of Fear (R)	0.13	2	0.82	Fox
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.12	2	2.13	NBC
	Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (R)	0.01	0	0.31	CW
9:30 PM	Scrubs (R)	0.11	1	1.12	ABC
10 PM	NCIS: Sydney (R)	0.14	2	1.63	CBS
	Chicago PD (R)	0.12	2	1.82	NBC
	Scrubs (R)	0.12	2	1.05	ABC
10:30 PM	Scrubs (R)	0.12	2	1.04	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2026 FIFA World Cup	FS1	1.36	3.86
FIFA World Cup Today	FS1	1.19	3.33
College World City	ESPN	0.33	1.75
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.13	2.95
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.12	0.67
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.79
MLB	MLB	0.11	0.53
The Valley	Bravo	0.10	0.54
Hannity	Fox News	0.09	2.42
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.06	1.46
WNBA: Wings v. Valkyries	USA	0.06	0.42
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.77
2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards	Bravo	0.05	0.19
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.04	1.26
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.04	0.68
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.78
The Oval	BET	0.04	0.46
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.03	1.15