Thursday TV Ratings 8/20/26: Press Your Luck Rebounds for Finale, Big Brother Drops Week-to-Week Again, Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana Weak [+ Analysis]

Press Your Luck (0.28, +0.11) returned to its normal time slot for its ABC finale, and the recovery was immediate. Celebrity Family Feud (0.31, +0.09) also rebounded at eight. Big Brother (0.61, -0.14) was down sharply on CBS, but it was still well above the ABC game shows. NBC's repeats of Law & Order (0.22) and Law & Order: SVU (0.18/0.13) bested Fox's Celebrity Crime Scene special (0.12). The CW aired repeats of Trivial Pursuit (0.02) and Scrabble (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.61	10	3.45	CBS
	Celebrity Family Feud	0.31	5	3.56	ABC
	Law & Order (R)	0.22	4	2.46	NBC
	Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana	0.12	2	1.24	Fox
	Trivial Pursuit (R)	0.02	0	0.39	CW
9 PM	Press Your Luck (F)	0.28	5	2.76	ABC
	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.18	3	1.62	NBC
	Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (R)	0.17	3	2.09	CBS
	Best Medicine (R)	0.09	2	0.88	Fox
	Scrabble (R)	0.03	0	0.28	CW
9:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.14	2	1.29	CBS
10 PM	The Greatest Average American (R)	0.21	4	1.90	ABC
	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.13	2	1.80	NBC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.11	2	1.23	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL Preseason	ESPN	0.73	3.40
Impractical Jokers	TruTV	0.14	0.43
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.12	2.89
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.11	2.45
Jersey Shore Family Vacation	MTV	0.09	0.25
Real Housewives of Orange County	Bravo	0.08	0.55
NewsNight	CNN	0.08	0.75
Hannity	Fox News	0.07	2.18
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.07	0.70
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	0.70
MLB	FS1	0.04	0.25
Project Runway	Freeform	0.04	0.30
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.04	0.99
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.03	1.11
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.03	0.93