Wednesday TV Ratings 7/22/26: Strong Return for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Big Brother Down from Last Wednesday, Nation’s Dumbest Builds on MasterChef [+ Analysis]

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.36) returned to ABC with a rating that put it just 5% below its year-ago premiere (0.38) in the 18-49 demographic. On CBS, Big Brother (0.63, -0.04) was down slightly from last week. NBC aired drama repeats (0.21/0.14/0.12). On Fox, MasterChef (0.22, -0.07) dealt with a steep decline, but Nation's Dumbest (0.25, -0.02) fared much better. The CW aired repeats of Police 24/7 (0.03/0.03). Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.63	11	3.18	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (P)	0.36	6	4.07	ABC
	MasterChef	0.22	4	1.56	Fox
	Chicago Med (R)	0.21	4	2.44	NBC
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.03	1	0.37	CW
9 PM	Nation's Dumbest	0.25	4	1.61	Fox
	Shifting Gears (R)	0.17	2	1.85	ABC
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.14	2	2.24	NBC
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.03	1	0.40	CW
9:30 PM	Shifting Gears (R)	0.15	2	1.53	ABC
	Survivor (R)	0.11	2	0.79	CBS
10 PM	Chicago PD (R)	0.12	2	2.05	NBC
	Shifting Gears (R)	0.11	2	1.32	ABC
10:30 PM	Shifting Gears (R)	0.10	2	1.31	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
MLB	ESPN	0.28	1.34
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.14	2.93
The Valley	Bravo	0.14	0.59
WNBA: Sun v. Fever	USA	0.13	1.12
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.12	0.71
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.68
Hannity	Fox News	0.10	2.36
Next Gen NYC	Bravo	0.05	0.31
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.05	1.17
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.05	1.07
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.04	0.97
NewsNight	CNN	0.04	0.75
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.04	0.66
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.03	0.70
The Oval	BET	0.03	0.41