Wednesday TV Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ & ‘AGT’ Trounce 2020 RNC Night 3

Jim Halterman August 27, 2020

Reality TV of the entertaining kind (as opposed to the political) won out during the Wednesday, August 26 primetime broadcast with CBS’ Big Brother All-Stars leading the night in the 18-49 demo and NBC’s America’s Got Talent reigning supreme in total viewers.

For Night 3 of the 2020 Republican National Convention, the networks ended up close in both the 18-49 demo (they all tied with a 0.3 rating) and total viewers, though NBC slightly edged out CBS and then ABC. The fourth and final night airs tonight.

Here’s the breakdown for Wednesday, August 26, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	Big Brother (CBS)	1.1	4.2
	America’s Got Talent (NBC)	0.6	4.9
	United We Fall (ABC)	0.5	3.1
	MasterChef – R (Fox)	0.3	1.3
	The 100 (CW)	0.1	556,000
8:30 p.m.	The Goldbergs – R (ABC)	0.4	2.1
9:00 p.m.	Tough As Nails (CBS)	0.5	2.9
	Ellen’s Game of Games – R (NBC)	0.4	2.6
	MasterChef – R (Fox)	0.4	1.5
	The Conners – R (ABC)	0.3	1.8
	Coroner (CW)	0.1	606,000
9:30 p.m.	American Housewife – R (ABC)	0.3	1.5
10 p.m.	Republican National Convention (NBC)	0.3	1.7
	Republican National Convention (CBS)	0.3	1.6
	Republican National Convention (ABC)	0.3	1.5