Here are the final broadcast ratings for Friday, August 25, 2017.
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Finals Update: CBS's NFL Game (1.4) adjusted up. All of the CW (0.2/0.2/0.2) adjusted down. Repeats of MasterChef (0.5), WWYD (0.6), and an original 20/20 (0.7) also adjusted down.
| 
Time | 
Show | 
18-49 Rating | 
   Total Viewers     (In Millions) | 
| 
8:00pm | 
NFL Preseason Football (CBS) | 
1.4 | 
5.22 | 
| 
Shark Tank (R) (ABC) | 
 0.7 | 
3.63 | |
| 
America’s Got Talent (R) (NBC) | 
 0.7 | 
3.52 | |
| 
MasterChef (R) (FOX) | 
 0.5 | 
1.63 | |
| 
Masters of Illusion (R) (CW) | 
 0.2 | 
0.76 | |
| 
8:30pm | 
Masters of Illusion (R) (CW) | 
0.2 | 
0.76 | 
| 
9:00pm | 
What Would You Do? (R) (ABC) | 
0.6 | 
3.14 | 
| 
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R) (CW) | 
0.2 | 
0.83 | |
| 
10:00pm | 
Dateline NBC (NBC) | 
0.8 | 
4.34 | 
| 
20/20 (ABC) | 
0.7 | 
3.80 | 
(R) = repeat
CBS's preseason football game (1.2) was easily the strongest program of the night and was a significant improvement over the network's drama repeat lineup. 
 
At 10, ABC's 20/20 (0.8) was up a tenth of a point from its last result and tied NBC's Dateline (0.8).
Fox decided to go with 2 hours of MasterChef (0.6) and did not air their usual Beat Shazam repeat.
The CW had their typical mix of magic show repeats and originals (0.3/0.3/0.3).
At 10, ABC's 20/20 (0.8) was up a tenth of a point from its last result and tied NBC's Dateline (0.8).
Fox decided to go with 2 hours of MasterChef (0.6) and did not air their usual Beat Shazam repeat.
The CW had their typical mix of magic show repeats and originals (0.3/0.3/0.3).
