Wednesday TV Ratings 9/20/23: MasterChef Ends on a Season High, Big Brother Down from Last Wednesday, Superfan Sinks for Finale (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Fox staple 'MasterChef' (0.44, +0.06) finished strong by soaring to a new season high on finale night. 'America's Got Talent' (0.51, +0.10) grew by a full tenth on NBC and led into reruns of 'Night Court' (0.23/0.16) and 'Chicago PD' (0.14). CBS's 'Big Brother' (0.67, -0.08) was down when compared to last Wednesday and was followed by an abysmal 'Superfan' finale (0.15, -0.04). The 10 p.m. rerun of 'So Help Me Todd' (0.10) settled for last place in its time slot. ABC re-ran 'The Conners' (0.21/0.21/0.20/0.19) ad nauseam and topped it off with an encore of 'The Rookie' (0.12). The CW went with repeats of 'The Swarm' (0.03) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.05).

Finals Update: 'Big Brother' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Wednesday TV Ratings 9/6/23: MasterChef Slightly Up, Big Brother Nears Season High, NFL Kickoff Eve Special Weak (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS's 'Big Brother' (0.68, +0.08) was almost a tenth higher than last Wednesday, but 'Superfan' (0.19, +0.01) only managed to pick up a hundredth. NBC's 'America's Got Talent' (0.51, +0.06) was significantly higher than the week prior but could not stop 'NFL Kickoff Eve' (0.26) from losing nearly 50% of its Nielsen rating. The 10 p.m. 'Chicago PD' rerun (0.16) was a tenth below 'Kickoff Eve' but outpaced CBS's 'So Help Me Todd' encore (0.13). Fox's 'MasterChef' (0.36, +0.01) inched up ever so slightly but once more settled for 3rd place in the 8 p.m. hour. ABC went with four repeats of 'The Conners' (0.22/0.19/0.17/0.14) and one of 'The Rookie' (0.12). Reruns of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.08/0.08) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.09) were strong by CW standards. 

Finals Update: 'Big Brother' (+0.1), 'MasterChef' (+0.1), and 'NFL Kickoff Eve' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Summer Renew/Cancel Week 13: Claim to Fame Should Stake Its Claim to a Slot on ABC’s Schedule

The Summer Renew/Cancel begins to wind down this week, as even more summer shows exit the airways as the networks prepare to launch their unorthodox fall schedules. Keep reading for my thoughts on Claim to Fame and Stars on Mars as they wrap for the season.

Wednesday TV Ratings 8/30/23: Big Brother and America’s Got Talent Decline, Superfan and MasterChef Rise (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS's 'Big Brother' (0.60, -0.02) dropped by two-hundredths when compared to last Wednesday's installment, but it still had no problem topping the night in the Adults 18-49 demographic. In the 9 p.m. hour, 'Superfan' (0.18, +0.04) finally recovered after declining for the past two weeks. The 10 p.m. 'So Help Me Todd' rerun (0.13) was a hundredth higher than the week prior. 'America's Got Talent' (0.45, -0.05) lost a few ticks on NBC and led into repeats of 'Night Court' (0.22/0.16) and 'Chicago PD' (0.15). Fox's 'MasterChef' (0.35, +0.01) grew by a hundredth. ABC had a mini-marathon of 'The Conners' (0.24/0.20/0.18/0.15) that decreased in size as the evening went on. The 10 p.m. time slot was occupied by an encore of 'The Rookie' (0.13). The CW was not too far behind 'Rookie' with reruns of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.07/0.09) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.09). 

Finals Update: 'Big Brother' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Summer Renew/Cancel Week 12: It Shouldn’t be a Challenge for The Challenge: USA to Get Renewed

The summer season is winding down, but there's still plenty of summer TV to discuss! Keep reading for further thoughts on The Challenge: USA and a recently-concluded Summer staple.