Friday TV Ratings 10/28/22: Matthew Perry Interview Performs Well, World Series Opens Up from 2021, College Bowl Ends Down (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Diane Sawyer's interview with Matthew Perry (0.47) performed well enough on ABC and gave the 9PM '20/20' (0.38, +0.10) a noticeable boost. To put things into perspective, the Sawyer-Perry interview was only a hundredth shy of the week-ago 'Shark Tank' (0.48). On Fox, game one of the '2022 World Series' (2.85) was about 13% higher than the first game of 2021 (2.52) in the Adults 18-49 demographic. NBC's 'Capital One College Bowl' (0.22/0.21) dipped for its finale and led into a sinking 'Dateline' (0.26, -0.08). 'College Bowl' trailed its week-ago rating (0.24) but avoided hitting a new low. 'SWAT' (0.41, +0.01) and 'Fire Country' (0.47, +0.02) grew by a touch on CBS while 'Blue Bloods' (0.41, -0.04) dealt with a mild decline in the 10PM hour. 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.06, -0.03) and 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.05, -0.05) crumbled on the CW.

Finals Update: '2022 World Series Game 1' (+0.6), 'Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview' (+0.1), 'Fire Country' (+0.1), and 'Dateline NBC' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2022 World Series Game 1	2.85/28	11.48	Fox
	Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview	0.47/4	4.39	ABC
	SWAT	0.41/4	4.63	CBS
	Capital One College Bowl	0.22/2	1.55	NBC
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.06/1	0.54	The CW
9 PM	Fire Country	0.47/4	5.30	CBS
	20/20	0.38/4	3.45	ABC
	Capital One College Bowl (F)	0.21/2	1.32	NBC
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.05/1	0.47	The CW
9:30 PM	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.05/0	0.41	The CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods	0.41/4	5.68	CBS
	Dateline NBC	0.26/2	1.60	NBC