Wednesday TV Ratings 6/24/26: World Cup Declines, Brilliant Minds Hits Lowest Point of Summer Run, NCIS: Sydney Repeat Builds Strongly on NCIS Repeat [+ Analysis]

FIFA World Cup coverage (1.92) fell below the 2.0 mark on Fox, but this rating was more than enough to keep the network above its competitors. On NBC, Brilliant Minds (0.14, -0.02) dealt with another small decline. ABC aired repeats of Celebrity Wheel (0.21) and Shifting Gears (0.14/0.11/0.11/0.11). On CBS, a repeat of NCIS: Sydney (0.19) grew markedly from the NCIS rerun (0.12) that led into it. The CW aired repeats of Police 24/7 (0.03) and Law & Order Toronto (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	FIFA World Cup Today	1.31	18	4.41	Fox
	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R)	0.21	3	2.87	ABC
	Harlan Coben's Final Twist (R)	0.15	2	2.04	CBS
	Brilliant Minds	0.14	2	2.31	NBC
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.03	0	0.44	CW
9 PM	2026 FIFA World Cup: Czechia v. Mexico	1.92	19	6.55	Fox
	Shifting Gears (R)	0.14	2	1.63	ABC
	NCIS (R)	0.12	1	1.81	CBS
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.09	1	1.69	NBC
	Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (R)	0.03	0	0.34	CW
9:30 PM	Shifting Gears (R)	0.11	1	1.44	ABC
10 PM	NCIS: Sydney (R)	0.19	2	1.57	CBS
	Chicago PD (R)	0.14	2	1.73	NBC
	Shifting Gears (R)	0.11	1	1.36	ABC
10:30 PM	Shifting Gears (R)	0.11	1	1.30	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2026 FIFA World Cup	FS1	0.89	2.24
FIFA World Cup Today	FS1	0.36	1.02
2026 NBA Draft: Second Round	ESPN	0.29	1.03
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.14	2.87
WNBA: Mercury v. Fever	USA	0.13	0.95
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.55
Hannity	Fox News	0.11	2.42
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.10	0.62
The Valley	Bravo	0.10	0.50
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.09	1.42
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.07	1.30
Next Gen NYC	Bravo	0.05	0.42
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.05	0.74
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.76
NewsNight	CNN	0.04	0.79
The Oval	BET	0.04	0.42