Preliminary Ratings: Saturday 08/05/2017

CBS had the night's only original programming, with two new, burn-off episode of the legal drama, DOUBT. the two hour block averaged just two million total viewers and a 0.2 rating in the A18-49 demographic. 48 HOURS, at 10 PM, doubled up the younger demos, but only added 400,000 total viewers, placing CBS in third for the evening.

NBC edged out ABC for the nightly win, averaging 3.3 million viewers and a 0.5 rating in the A81-49 demo. ABC averaged two million viewers and a 0.4 demo rating.

FOX was a distant fourth place, with an average of just 650,000 viewers and a 0.1 demo rating, with encores.