Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 07/02/14

BIG BROTHER was the top program on Wednesday night, for the second week in a row, but it's numbers are down from the premiere. The 16th edition of the reality series drew 5.6 million viewers and a 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49. That is down by over one million viewers and 22% in the demo ratings. A substantial drop, but still good enough for a win.

CBS also gave us an encore of UNDER THE DOME, to help pump up the buzz on the second year drama, but the ratings fell through the floor with the schedule change from CRIMINAL MINDS. Week-to-week, in the 9 p.m. hour, CBS dropped 2.8 million viewers and over 50% in the demo ratings. The weaker 9 p.m. ratings also affected CSI, at 10 p.m. That last hour of primetime was off by close to one million viewers and 14% in the demo.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE continues to slide, losing another 400,000 viewers and dropped 7% in the demo. The show lost to a repeat of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, to take the #3 spot in the 8 to 10 p.m. hours.

NBC new summer drama TAXI BROOKLYN actually rose, week-to-week, in the A18-49 ratings. The series jumped 10% in the demo to post a 1.1 rating, for episode two. It won the hour in both demo and total viewers. But, the competition was weak, for both CBS and ABC.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.1 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 4.5 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.8 million viewers, 0.2 rating in A18-49

FOX - 4.0 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

NBC - 6.0 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	3.90	0.9
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	3.20	0.8	-18%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	3.50	1.0	9%
9:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	3.10	0.9	-11%
10:00	ABC	Motive	2.40	0.6	-23%
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	5.60	1.8
9:00	CBS	Under the Dome [R]	3.30	0.6	-41%
10:00	CBS	CSI [R]	4.50	0.7	37%
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	0.90	0.2
9:00	CW	The 100 [R]	0.70	0.2	-22%
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	4.00	1.3
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	6.40	1.4
10:00	NBC	Taxi Brooklyn	5.40	1.1	-16%

* - in millions