Thursday TV Ratings 8/27/26: Big Brother Dips for 1000th Episode, Jeopardy! Masters Comes Back Down to Earth, Adults Remains Low in Season Two [+ Analysis]

Wednesday's surge proved to be short-lived for Jeopardy! Masters (0.25, -0.12), as the series came back down to a comparatively modest level on ABC. On CBS, Big Brother (0.64, -0.01) inched down for its 1000th episode. NBC aired drama repeats (0.17/0.17/0.15), while the CW aired game show reruns (0.06/0.04). Fox went with reruns of The 1% Club (0.16) and Best Medicine (0.09). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother	0.64	10	3.25	CBS
	Jeopardy! Masters	0.25	4	3.41	ABC
	Law & Order (R)	0.17	3	2.17	NBC
	The 1% Club (R)	0.16	3	1.24	Fox
	Trivial Pursuit (R)	0.06	1	0.45	CW
9 PM	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.17	3	2.05	NBC
	9-1-1: Nashville (R)	0.12	2	1.43	ABC
	Best Medicine (R)	0.09	1	0.92	Fox
	Scrabble (R)	0.04	1	0.39	CW
9:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.20	3	1.18	CBS
10 PM	Law & Order (R)	0.15	3	1.71	NBC
	Elsbeth (R)	0.10	2	1.09	CBS
	9-1-1: Nashville (R)	0.09	2	1.25	ABC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL Preseason	NFL	0.42	1.97
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.14	2.68
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.22
Hannity	Fox News	0.11	2.13
Impractical Jokers	TBS	0.11	0.42
MLB	FS1	0.11	0.64
Jersey Shore Family Vacation	MTV	0.11	0.24
NewsNight	CNN	0.10	0.78
Real Housewives of Orange County	Bravo	0.09	0.60
Little League World Series	ESPN	0.09	0.74
Monsters of God	HBO	0.07	0.15
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.07	1.10
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.07	1.36
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	0.67
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.05	1.10
Adults	FX	0.05	0.14
Project Runway	Freeform	0.04	0.35
Adults	FX	0.04	0.16
Adults	FXX	0.03	0.11
Adults	FXX	0.03	0.07
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.03	0.53