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

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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
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