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.
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (2.2) went up to tie its season high for the third time in four episodes, and Modern Family (1.1) was also up. America's Next Top Model (0.4) couldn't hold onto its week-to-week growth.
- A night after America's Got Talent's triumphant surge to 2.5 on Tuesday, it had a somewhat mediocre return to live Wednesday results shows, averaging a 1.6 in the 8:00 hour. That was just a tenth above last week's "World's Got Talent" special. In light of that, Mr. Robinson dropping to a 1.0 at 9:00 (and holding the 1.0 at 9:30) seems like a relatively typical week two drop. But Last Comic Standing (1.2) took a sizable step down at 10/9c.
- On CBS, Big Brother (2.1) will likely adjust up to tie its season high again, but Extant (0.7) gave back a tenth. ABC had some good comedy repeat news as The Goldbergs (0.8) bounced back and Black-ish (1.0) hit its biggest repeat rating in a couple months, tying its Modern Family lead-in. CW's America's Next Top Model inched up to 0.5 in week two.
Mr. Robinson
Wednesdays, 9/8c, NBC
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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