Sunday TV Ratings 8/7/22: Big Brother Tops Night, Celebrity Family Feud Inches Down, Family Game Fight! Burnoff Meager (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS's 'Big Brother' (0.81, -0.02) dipped by two-hundredths from last Sunday's episode but remained on a level of its own when compared to the ratings of its peers. '60 Minutes' (0.37) shed a hundredth at 7 while reruns of 'The Equalizer' (0.20) and 'NCIS: LA' (0.20) were stable. Over on ABC, 'Celebrity Family Feud' (0.54, -0.02) lost two-hundredths as 'The $100,000 Pyramid' (0.46, +0.01) and 'The Final Straw' (0.29, +0.03) picked up a few ticks. The 7PM encore of 'AFV' (0.41) topped its hour as it often does. NBC series 'Who Do You Think You Are?' (0.11, -0.10) completely nosedived and did nothing to help boost the "season finale" of 'Family Game Fight!' (0.17, -0.15). The latter crashed from Tuesday's passable showing (0.32) and has now completed airing the two episodes left from its first season order that did not air last summer. At 9, the rerun of reality staple 'America's Got Talent' (0.26) bested both original offerings on the peacock network. Fox had repeats of 'Beat Shazam' (0.14), 'The Simpsons' (0.15), 'The Great North' (0.12), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.14), and 'Family Guy' (0.20). 'Family Guy' noticeably had more life in it than the others. The CW got the same rating out of reruns of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.04/0.04) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.04). 

Finals Update: 'Big Brother' (+0.1), 'Family Game Fight!' (+0.1), 'The $100,000 Pyramid' (+0.1), and the repeat of '60 Minutes' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Wednesday TV Ratings 2/23/22: Celebrity Big Brother Ends With an Uptick, The Goldbergs and Chicago Fire Return Down from Hiatus, A Million Little Things Stable (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: After 21 days off the air, ABC comedies 'The Goldbergs' (0.56, -0.10), 'The Wonder Years' (0.38, -0.10), 'The Conners' (0.49, -0.09), and 'Home Economics' (0.33, -0.09) were all a tenth lower than the last time they were on. At 10, drama 'A Million Little Things' (0.28, +0.02) grew by two-hundredths for its midseason return. On CBS, 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.69, +0.28) enjoyed a solid surge for its season finale and was well above last Wednesday's episode (0.54). 'The Amazing Race' (0.54, +0.07) gained seven-hundredths at 9, but 'Good Sam' (0.26, -0.12) plummeted in the 10PM timeslot. 'Chicago Med' (0.81, +0.01) and 'Chicago PD' (0.72, +0.02) inched up on NBC, but 'Chicago Fire' (0.77, -0.08) took a noticeable hit. Fox was up across the board with 'I Can See Your Voice' (0.38, +0.02) and 'Next Level Chef' (0.44, +0.04). 'Legends of Tomorrow' (0.08, -0.04) and 'Batwoman' (0.11, -0.01) slipped on the CW. 

Finals Update: 'The Goldbergs' (+0.1), 'Celebrity Big Brother' (+0.1), 'I Can See Your Voice' (+0.1), 'The Wonder Years' (+0.1), 'Chicago Fire' (+0.1), and 'Good Sam' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Monday TV Ratings 2/21/22: The Endgame Has Modest Premiere Behind Solid AGT: Extreme, 9-1-1: Lone Star Slips to Low (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Though its post-'Olympics' preview (0.50) was fairly mediocre, NBC's 'America's Got Talent: Extreme' (0.71) turned out to be a solid edition to the network's lineup and topped the evening for its first official episode. At 10, new drama 'The Endgame' (0.46) definitely had some life in it on premiere night, retaining well over 60% of 'AGT: Extreme'. ABC's 'The Bachelor' (0.67, +0.02) settled for second place but still grew by two-hundredths on a week-to-week basis. At 10, flop drama 'Promised Land' (0.18, +0.03) rose a bit for its final ABC episode. The remaining five episodes of the series will air on the streaming service Hulu. Fox's lineup weakened some more as both '9-1-1: Lone Star' (0.58, -0.04) and 'The Cleaning Lady' (0.39, -0.05) posted new lows for the second week in a row. Airing behind reruns of 'The Neighborhood' (0.51) and 'Bob Hearts Abishola' (0.40), CBS's 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.41, -0.09) dropped by a little less than a tenth. Fresh off of a two-month hiatus, The CW's 'All American' (0.17, -0.07) came back seven-hundredths lower than its winter finale (0.24). At 9, spinoff series 'All American: Homecoming' (0.14) got off to a middling start. 

Finals Update: 'The Bachelor' (+0.1), '9-1-1: Lone Star' (+0.1), and 'The Endgame' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Sunday TV Ratings 2/20/22: Winter Olympics Stay Low for Closing Ceremony, Celebrity Big Brother Ticks Up, Masked Singer Sneak Peak Solid, Summer of Soul Abysmal (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Airing right after the 7PM 'Beijing Gold' telecast (0.55), the '2022 Winter Olympics' (0.95, -0.01) ticked down to its weakest rating yet for the closing ceremony. NBC used that lead-in to preview 'America's Got Talent: Extreme' (0.50) at 10:30, but the spinoff series barely retained half of the 'Olympics' rating. CBS had a solid edition of '60 Minutes' (0.52) that helped 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.50, +0.24) rebound from Saturday's horrific showing. Reruns of 'The Equalizer' (0.22) and 'SWAT' (0.20) tapered off from there. ABC had a strong rerun of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.49), but 2021 film 'Summer of Soul' (0.15) and a repeat of 'The Wonder Years' (0.11) were at disastrous levels, even by current TV rating standards. Over on Fox, a sneak-peek 'Masked Singer' special (0.54) performed quite well in the 7PM slot. Reruns of 'Call Me Kat' (0.27), 'The Simpsons' (0.25), 'The Great North' (0.21), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.21), and 'Family Guy' (0.24) were relatively in the same range. The finale of 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.05/0.05) was up by two-hundredths from its last pair of originals (0.03/0.03) on the CW. An encore of 'All American' (0.04) started off the night at 8. 

Finals Update: '2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony' (+0.3), 'Celebrity Big Brother' (+0.1), 'America's Got Talent: Extreme Preview' (+0.2), and the repeat of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'The Masked Singer Sneak Peak' (-0.2) adjusted down.

Saturday TV Ratings 2/19/22: Winter Olympics Hit Low for Final Primetime Competition of 2022, Celebrity Big Brother and Great Chocolate Showdown Tie Lows (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The '2022 Winter Olympics' (0.96, -0.12) somehow slipped further on Saturday evening, falling below a 1.0 rating for the first time in its run. Though NBC still outpaced all rival networks, these ratings are nothing short of awful for such a prestigious event. 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.26, -0.19) completely collapsed on CBS, sinking to the pitiful low it posted on Super Bowl Sunday. Airing after the 9PM repeat of itself (0.20), '48 Hours' (0.26, -0.02) lost two-hundredths in the 10PM timeslot. ABC had 'Jeopardy! National College Championship' reruns (0.17/0.21/0.23) that crushed Fox's encores of '9-1-1' (0.12) and 'The Cleaning Lady' (0.09). The CW's 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.05) held even for the third week in a row and led into repeats of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.04/0.03).

Finals Update: '2022 Winter Olympics' (+0.3), 'Celebrity Big Brother' (+0.1), and '48 Hours' (+0.1) adjusted up.