Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 08/23/2017

It was a competitive Wednesday night, with three networks competing for the tops spot. NBC, now with AMERICA'S GOT TALENT on the night, swept the ratings, thanks to the competition series. AGT drew 10.5 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49. That is a notch down from last Wednesday's numbers. MARLON did lose about 40% of its lead in, but only dropped less than 10% from last week's premiere.

FOX passed CBS for the #2 spot, with back-to-back episodes of MASTERCHEF. Two hours of the foodie series averaged 3.4 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49. The 9 PM episode rose the time period by two million viewers and 120% in the demo, from last week's THE F WORD finale.

CBS saw BIG BROTHER post its second lowest numbers, since the first week of episodes, just before the Independence Day holiday. The reality series posted a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49, along with 6.1 million viewers. That could not overcome the poor numbers from SALVATION and an encore of Criminal Minds.

ABC was a distant fourth place, with comedy encores.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.20 million	0.3	0.6	0.8
CBS	4.10 million	0.5	0.9	1.2
CW	1.10 million	0.2	0.4	0.4
FOX	3.40 million	0.6	1.1	1.3
NBC	6.00 million	0.8	1.3	1.7

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	2.50	0.3	0.5	0.8
8:30	ABC	Speechless [R]	2.00	0.2	0.5	0.7
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	2.40	0.3	0.6	0.9
9:30	ABC	American Housewife [R]	2.20	0.3	0.6	0.8
10:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	2.20	0.3	0.6	0.9
10:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	1.90	0.3	0.6	0.7
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.10	1.1	1.7	2.3
9:00	CBS	Salvation	3.10	0.3	0.5	0.7
10:00	CBS	Criminal Minds [R]	3.00	0.2	0.4	0.7
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.3
9:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	1.20	0.2	0.4	0.4
8:00	FOX	Masterchef	3.20	0.6	1.0	1.2
9:00	FOX	Masterchef	3.60	0.6	1.1	1.4
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	10.50	1.2	2.0	2.7
9:00	NBC	Marlon	5.00	0.7	1.2	1.6
9:30	NBC	Marlon	3.80	0.6	1.0	1.3
10:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	3.10	0.4	0.7	0.9

* - viewers in millions