Sharknado 2 was a smash hit in the ratings on Wednesday (July 30).
The Syfy movie sequel hit 1.3 (3.90m) at 9pm, up 183% from the original film's premiere last summer and tripling its demo score.
CBS and NBC tied to win the key 18-49 demographic with 1.5.
Big Brother dipped one-tenth of a point at 8pm for CBS with 2.3 (6.50m), while Extant remained even with last week's score of 1.1 (5.91m) at 10pm.
America's Got Talent was down two-tenths at 9pm for NBC, averaging 2.2 (10.60m).
Taxi Brooklyn earned 1.0 (5.25m) at 10pm.
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ABC's Motive was up a tenth to 0.7 (3.50m) at 10pm.
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