UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.25.2021

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BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.05 to 0.47, THE $100,000 PYRAMID lost 0.04 to 0.46, and SUPERSTAR was up 0.04 to 0.34.

CBS:  BIG BROTHER climbed 0.05 to 0.95, HOUSE CALLS ticked up to 0.28, and a special 48 HOURS was at 0.26.

NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT shed a tick to 0.68, FAMILY GAME FIGHT dipped 0.03 to 0.41, and a rerun CHICAGO MED was at 0.26.

FOX:  A 2-hour MASTERCHEF was up 0.05 to 0.57.

CW:  RIVERDALE lost 0.02 to 0.07, and IN THE DARK was down a tick to 0.05.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING led Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.48.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS edged up 0.02 to 0.42.  Like THE WALKING DEAD, FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DOUBLE FEATURE is far diminished from its glory days, but still a success by current standards, with a 2-episode Season 10 premiere at 0.36/0.23, compared to 1.00 for its last premiere in 2019.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.33/0.54/3.7M, with CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.16/0.24/1.1M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.16/0.25/2.5M.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dipped 0.04 to 0.30, and CRIBS was up 0.03 to 0.17.  ESPN’s LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.29/0.20/0.15/0.11.  Lifetime’s MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT lifted 0.02 to 0.27, and COUPLES CAM ticked down to 0.10.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER was steady at 0.24, and MY FEET ARE KILLING ME was up 0.03 to 0.19.  On HGTV, PROPERTY BROTHERS rose 0.05 to 0.21, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL was at 0.20, HOUSE HUNTERS was at 0.19, and 40 YEAR OLD PROPERTY VIRGIN was at 0.17/0.13.  Food Network’s GUY’S GROCERY GAMES dropped 0.06 to 0.18.  Discovery’s EXPEDITION UNKNOWN lost 0.02 to 0.17, JOSH GATES TONIGHT ticked down to 0.11, and HUNTING ATLANTIS was at 0.06.  On ID, IN PURSUIT grew by 0.03 to 0.16, and WHERE MURDER LIES held at 0.12.  A&E’s COURT CAM was at 0.12/0.09 compared to last week’s 0.11.  VH1’s WILD N OUT was at 0.11/0.10 compared to last week’s 0.15/0.13.  The 2-episode season premiere of FXX’s ARCHER was at 0.10/0.10 compared to last season’s 0.18/0.13.  Comedy Central’s AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS was at 0.09 compared to last week’s 0.15/0.10.  Freeform’s GOOD TROUBLE fell 0.03 to 0.06. 

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