Final Broadcast Ratings: August 6, 2014

CBS and NBC split Wednesday night, thanks to their respective reality competition series, BIG BROTHER and AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.

BIG BROTHER was the #1 show of the night, in the A18-49 ratings, grabbing a 2.2 rating. That edged out AGT by a tenth of a point. But, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT was, by far, the most watched program of the night, with 10.1 million viewers. AGT drew about 80% more viewers than BIG BROTHER, the second most watched show of the evening.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, the third reality competition series of the night, was a 4th place program in it's time slot. it lost to the ABC comedy encores, plus CBS and NBC lineups. FOX, please give this series a decent burial, now.

TAXI BROOKLYN came close to beating EXTANT in the 10 p.m. hour, drawing a 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49. EXTANT is down 38% in the demo ratings, since it's premiere, just a few short weeks ago.

PENN & TELLER: FOOL US did well in it's second week, on the CW. the series is down 14% in viewership, but the A18-49 ratings held 100% of the premiere audience. The CW needs to quickly get PENN & TELLER back under contract for another summer run in 2015.

Final Network Averages:

ABC - 3.4 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.6 million viewers, 1.4 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.0 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 3.7 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

NBC - 7.1 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	4.40	1.1
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	3.90	1.0	-11%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	4.25	1.2	9%
9:30	ABC	The Middle [R]	3.60	1.0	-15%
10:00	ABC	Nashville [R]	2.22	0.4	-38%
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.49	2.2
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds [R]	4.50	0.9	-31%
10:00	CBS	Extant	5.94	1.0	32%
8:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	1.45	0.5
9:00	CW	The 100 [R]	0.52	0.2	-64%
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	3.71	1.1
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	6.06	1.1
9:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	10.12	2.0	67%
10:00	NBC	Taxi Brooklyn	5.23	0.9	-48%

* - in millions