Wednesday TV Ratings 8/12/26: Big Brother Jumps to Highest Wednesday Airing of the Season, The Shards Steady, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Slides [+ Analysis]

CBS's Big Brother (0.74, +0.14) soared on Wednesday night, while Millionaire (0.35, -0.11) plummeted on ABC. NBC aired repeats of Chicago Med (0.20), Chicago Fire (0.15), and Chicago PD (0.14). On Fox, MasterChef (0.22, -0.04) and Nation's Dumbest (0.27, -0.03) both declined. The CW aired repeats of Police 24/7 (0.03/0.03) once more. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.74	12	3.44	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	0.35	6	4.41	ABC
	MasterChef	0.22	4	1.66	Fox
	Chicago Med (R)	0.20	3	2.58	NBC
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.03	0	0.46	CW
9 PM	Nation's Dumbest	0.27	4	1.69	Fox
	Scrubs (R)	0.17	3	1.85	ABC
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.15	3	2.61	NBC
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.03	0	0.47	CW
9:30 PM	Scrubs (R)	0.15	3	1.45	ABC
	Survivor (R)	0.12	2	0.81	CBS
10 PM	Chicago PD (R)	0.14	3	2.12	NBC
	Scrubs (R)	0.12	2	1.24	ABC
10:30 PM	Scrubs (R)	0.12	3	1.11	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
MLB	ESPN	0.25	1.35
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.14	0.66
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.72
The Valley	Bravo	0.12	0.63
NewsNight	CNN	0.11	0.86
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.10	2.53
Hannity	Fox News	0.10	2.32
Expedition Unknown	Discovery	0.10	0.88
WNBA: Tempo v. Wings	USA	0.09	0.60
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.09	1.18
Little League World Series	ESPN2	0.09	0.55
Little League World Series	ESPN2	0.08	0.55
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.08	1.16
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.07	0.73
The Shards	FX	0.07	0.24
How to Catch a Dirtbag	Discovery	0.07	0.47
The Shards	FX	0.07	0.26
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.07	1.02
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	0.71
Next Gen NYC	Bravo	0.05	0.32
The Oval	BET	0.04	0.39
All the Queen's Men	BET	0.03	0.32