Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 08/13/14

CBS and NBC were your network leaders, on Wednesday night. NBC drew the most viewers, thanks to the #1 show of the night, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, but CBS was able to tie NBC in the A18-49 ratings, with BIG BROTHER topping TALENT.

BIG BROTHER collected  the night's best A18-49 ratings, with a 2.0 score. That is 10% better than AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, which had a drop of 10%, from last week's rating. The 1.8 rating is the lowest AGT has received since airing new episodes on Wednesday nights.

CBS also got a slight upper had, against NBC, during the 10 p.m. hour. EXTANT edged TAXI BROOKLYN in both viewers and demo ratings. Neither series is pulling strong numbers, so let's not get to excited about EXTANT winning it's time slot.

PENN& TELL: FOOL US is legit. For the third week, the numbers are staying near premiere numbers. CW, you need to secure the two comedic magicians for a 2015 series run.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.8 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.7 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.2 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 3.4 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

NBC - 6.9 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	4.20	1.1
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	3.70	1.1	-12%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	3.70	1.2	0%
9:30	ABC	Modern Family [R]	3.90	1.3	5%
10:00	ABC	Motive	3.50	0.7	-10%
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.60	2.0
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds [R]	4.90	0.9	-26%
10:00	CBS	Extant	5.60	1.0	14%
8:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	1.70	0.5	-70%
9:00	CW	The 100 [R]	0.60	0.2
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	3.40	1.0
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [R]	5.80	1.1
9:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	9.70	1.8	67%
10:00	NBC	Taxi Brooklyn	5.20	0.9	-46%

* - in millions