Friday TV Ratings 10/8/21: Shark Tank Returns Slightly Down, Invisible Premiere for Nancy Drew, CBS Lineup Steady (UPDATED)


Preliminary Analysis: ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.5) had a lukewarm return for its 13th season but still tied Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.5) for the top spot in the key 18-49 demographic. The reality series was a tenth behind last October's premiere but even with its final few installments from May 2021. '20/20' (0.3) posted the same rating as last week in the 10pm timeslot, losing to NBC's 'Dateline' (0.4) head-on. 'Dateline' also had a much smaller lead-in than '20/20' as it led out of a feeble encore of 'La Brea' (0.2). On CBS, 'SWAT' (0.4), 'Magnum PI' (0.4), and 'Blue Bloods' (0.4) were all essentially unchanged from their week-ago debuts. 'Nancy Drew' (0.0) was dead on arrival for its third-season launch on the CW and lost a tenth from its 'Penn & Teller' (0.1) lead-in.

Finals Update: 20/20 (+0.1) and Nancy Drew (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time

Show

18-49 Rating/Share

Viewers (mil)

Network

8 PMShark Tank (P)0.52/43.72ABC

WWE SmackDown0.52/42.15Fox

SWAT0.43/44.94CBS

La Brea (R)0.22/21.96NBC

Penn & Teller: Fool Us0.09/10.68The CW
9 PMMagnum PI0.40/35.20CBS

Dateline NBC0.39/33.07NBC

20/20 (P)0.36/32.72ABC

Nancy Drew (P)0.05/00.42The CW
10 PMBlue Bloods0.42/46.00CBS
Key:
(P) = premiere
(R) = repeat

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