Friday TV Ratings 10/9/20: NBA Finals Rise, Undercover Boss Strikes a Low (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Although NBA ratings continue to pale in comparison to 2019, game 5 of the NBA finals (2.0) came in a tenth higher than the preliminary number that game four posted (1.9). If it adjusts up a full point like that game, it will end up being the first game of the year to manage a 3.0 A18-49 rating. 'Jimmy Kimmel' (1.3) and 'NBA Countdown' (1.3) led into the game. Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.6) came the closest to competing with the alphabet network, steady with its usual data point. NBC's 'Dateline' (0.5) rose a tick from its last episode and led out of an 'American Ninja Warrior' encore (0.3). CBS's 'Undercover Boss' (0.3) took an alarming two-tenth dip after last week's paltry premiere. 'The Greatest #AtHomeVideos (0.4) also shed a tenth at 8 while a repeat of 'Blue Bloods' (0.3) closed things out. And the CW had 0.1s across the board with stable editions of 'Masters of Illusion' and 'World's Funniest Animals'.

Finals Update: 'Jimmy Kimmel Game Night' (0.6, -0.7) and 'NBA Countdown' (0.7, -0.6) adjusted down. Game 5 of the NBA Finals (3.2, +1.2) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night	0.6/5	2.66	ABC
	WWE SmackDown	0.6/5	2.18	Fox
	The Greatest #AtHome Videos	0.4/3	3.27	CBS
	American Ninja Warrior (R)	0.3/2	1.85	NBC
	Masters of Illusion	0.1/1	0.52	The CW
8:30 PM	NBA Countdown Masters of Illusion (R)	0.7/5 0.1/0	2.65 0.44	ABC The CW
9 PM	NBA Finals Game 5	3.2/21	8.89	ABC
	Undercover Boss	0.3/2	2.74	CBS
	World's Funniest Animals	0.1/1	0.66	The CW
9:30 PM	World's Funniest Animals (R)	0.1/1	0.71	The CW
10 PM	Dateline NBC	0.5/4	3.09	NBC
	Blue Bloods (R)	0.3/2	2.98	CBS