Sunday TV Ratings 8/9/26: House of the Dragon Soars for Finale, Big Brother and The Librarians: The Next Chapter Decline, US Gymnastics Championships OK [+ Analysis]

On CBS, Big Brother (0.59, -0.06) dealt with a decline, but it was noticeably above MLB on NBC (0.35) in the key demo. Repeats of America's Funniest Home Videos (0.37/0.29) remained a strong option for ABC. Fox's Grimsburg repeat (0.07) fell behind the CW's showing of the movie 2012 (0.08). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
7 PM	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.37	7	4.30	ABC
	60 Minutes (R)	0.24	5	4.96	CBS
	US Gymnastics Championships	0.21	4	1.45	NBC
	Kitchen Nightmares (R)	0.14	3	0.60	Fox
	2012	0.08	1	0.52	CW
8 PM	Big Brother	0.59	10	3.47	CBS
	MLB: Astros v. Padres	0.35	6	2.01	NBC
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.29	5	3.41	ABC
	The Simpsons (R)	0.15	3	0.58	Fox
8:30 PM	While You Were Sleeping	0.16	3	2.21	ABC
	Animal Control (R)	0.12	2	0.45	Fox
9 PM	Tracker (R)	0.19	3	2.63	CBS
	Universal Basic Guys (R)	0.09	1	0.32	Fox
9:30 PM	Grimsburg (R)	0.07	1	0.34	Fox
10 PM	Marshals (R)	0.11	2	1.76	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
House of the Dragon	HBO	0.30	1.14
90 Day Fiancé	TLC	0.19	1.15
Double Lives of Suburban Wives	TLC	0.18	0.72
WNBA: Valkyries v. Sparks	ESPN	0.17	0.81
Hazardous History with Henry Winkler	History	0.14	0.86
Real Housewives of Atlanta	Bravo	0.11	0.56
Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip	Bravo	0.09	0.49
The Librarians: The Next Chapter	TNT	0.05	0.32