Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 07/16/14

CBS sweeps Wednesday night, on the strength of it's summer staple, BIG BROTHER, and new sci-fi drama EXTANT. The network won every hour of the night, in the A18-49 ratings, and had three of the top four most watched programs. Only a repeat of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT topping a repeat of CRIMINAL MINDS spoiled a perfect night for CBS.

Week two of EXTANT didn't do bad retention numbers. The 7.9 million viewers and 1.5 demo rating is down 18% in total viewers, but just 6 % in the A18-49 ratings. Still a good number for the series, but not a strong showing.

BIG BROTHER is up from last week, getting an extra tenth of a ratings point and about 300k more viewers. It is looking like this could be a good summer for the veteran reality series and is the backbone of the network's summer line up.

At 10 p.m., TAXI BROOKLYN once again topped MOTIVE, in both viewers and demo ratings. However, TAXI BROOKLYN has lost a tenth of a point, in the A18-49 ratings, each of the last two weeks. But, both series are pulling in small numbers, when you compare the repeat of CRIMINAL MINDS drew more viewers and a better A18-49 ratings, to sweep the hour.

Becoming more of an after thought, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, drew is worst numbers of the season. It finished third in the hour, barely edging the ABC comedies. FOX needs to refresh it's line up instead of relying on declining, old shows.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.5 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

CBS - 6.5 million viewers, 1.5 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.7 million viewers, 0.3 rating in A18-49

FOX - 3.6 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

NBC - 5.6 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	3.90	0.8
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	3.60	0.8	-8%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	3.70	1.1	3%
9:30	ABC	The Middle [R]	3.20	1.0	-14%
10:00	ABC	Motive	3.40	0.7	6%
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.30	2.0
9:00	CBS	Extant	7.90	1.5	25%
10:00	CBS	Criminal Minds [R]	5.50	1.1	-30%
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	1.00	0.3
9:00	CW	The 100 [R]	0.50	0.2	-50%
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	3.60	1.0
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	5.92	1.3
10:00	NBC	Taxi Brooklyn	4.80	0.8	-19%

* - in millions