WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother adjusted up to its familiar 2.1, while Last Comic Standing (1.2) and Celebrity Wife Swap (0.9) both ended up having pretty strong nights after they gained a tenth each. On the downswing were the 9:00 Carmichael Show (1.2), The Middle (0.8) and a particularly ugly night for Extant, hitting its first 0.6 since it moved to 9:00. Home Free held onto its new series high 1.0.
- On a high-end night for many shows, perhaps the most interesting was NBC's rookie comedy The Carmichael Show, which surged by two tenths in each half-hour to 1.3/1.1. A show that looked weaker than Mr. Robinson on premiere night now suddenly looks stronger; if the 1.3 holds after finals, that would beat all six Robinson points. We'll see what happens in its third and final week, but it certainly seems to have thrown its hat in the ring if a renewal is possible. Carmichael's lead-in America's Got Talent (1.7) also upticked this week, and Last Comic Standing stayed at 1.1 at 10/9c.
- ABC and Fox were also winners on this night, as The Middle (0.9), The Goldbergs (0.9), Modern Family (1.2) and Black-ish (1.0) all hit or tied their best numbers since early June. And MasterChef (1.5) and Home Free (1.0) were on the upswing as well, with what would be a new series high for Free if it holds.
- Only CBS with Big Brother (2.0) and Extant (0.7) and the CW with America's Next Top Model (0.4) and A Wicked Offer (0.2) did no better than usual. (But they weren't really worse than usual, either.)
WHAT MATTERS:
- NBC's second of the three-week sitcom runs began with The Carmichael Show posting a 1.1 at 9:00 and dropping to a 0.9 at 9:30. This was a tenth worse in each half hour than the debut of Mr. Robinson three weeks ago, even though America's Got Talent (1.6) was a notch stronger than on that night. Last Comic Standing stayed at 1.1 at 10/9c.
- Elsewhere, it was Big Brother (2.0), Celebrity Wife Swap (0.8) and Home Free (0.8) slightly down in the prelims, while Extant (0.8) and the CW's America's Next Top Model (0.5) and A Wicked Offer (0.3) were slightly up in the prelims.
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: MasterChef (1.4) went up to avoid a new worst-since-premiere rating (though even at 1.4, it was still down a sobering 30% year-to-year).
- The Tuesday America's Got Talent audience still isn't really catching onto the Wednesday results show, which was stuck at 1.6 in its second week. Mr. Robinson posted a 1.0/0.9 for its last two episodes, inching down at 9:30. Not really sure what to make of these ratings, but NBC will get a fairly direct comparison point as The Carmichael Show will have the same situation over the next three weeks. And Last Comic Standing (1.1) shed another tenth after last week's big drop.
- Big Brother (2.1) and MasterChef (1.3) both inched down at 8/7c, with Big Brother needing a fairly substantial adjustment (from 2.1/2.0 half-hours) to tie its season high yet again. MasterChef would hit its worst-since-premiere rating if it doesn't adjust up. Home Free (0.9) was back up to its premiere rating, staying ahead of Extant (0.7) at 9/8c, while CW's A Wicked Offer (0.2) was down after two weeks at 0.3.
- ABC had its strongest Wednesday in awhile with The Middle (0.9), The Goldbergs (0.9) and Celebrity Wife Swap (0.9) all at their best numbers since June.
A Wicked Offer
Wednesdays, 9/8c, CW
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother was up to a new season high 2.2, and everything else at 1.4 (America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, MasterChef) also ticked up.
- NBC's sitcom Mr. Robinson began its three-week run with a 1.2 at 9:00, pretty respectable retention of its lead-in from another America's Got Talent special (1.4), but it fell somewhat to a 1.0 at 9:30. We'll see if it gets more lead-in help next week as America's Got Talent finally enters the live results show phase. Last Comic Standing (1.4) held up very well again at 10/9c with a much reduced lead-in.
- CBS got a major surge at 8/7c from Big Brother (2.1), which could hit a new season high if it adjusts up. The network then had two steady hours of Extant (0.8/0.8).
- The CW brought back America's Next Top Model (0.4) even earlier in the summer than usual, matching the 0.4 for last year's mid-August Monday premiere. It led into new unscripted entry A Wicked Offer (0.3).
- And Fox inched down with MasterChef (1.4) and Home Free (0.8), though the former may well adjust up to its fourth straight 1.5.
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