Friday TV Ratings 6/23/23: The Great American Joke Off Rises for Finale, WWE SmackDown Drops But Leads, Dateline NBC Takes Second (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: 'The Great American Joke Off' (0.06, +0.01) picked up a hundredth on finale night but still lost two-hundredths from the repeat of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.08) that led into it. The CW began the evening with a rerun of 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.06). On Fox, 'WWE Smackdown' (0.61, -0.06) dropped by six-hundredths but remained several tiers above any other program. NBC's 'Dateline' (0.25, -0.05) fell by half a tenth, while the 8 p.m. 'Hot Wheels' rerun (0.19) was at the same rating as two weeks prior. On ABC, the 'Will Trent' rerun (0.18) and '20/20' (0.17, -0.18) plummeted when compared to their week-ago broadcasts (0.28/0.35). CBS aired repeats of 'SWAT' (0.22), 'Fire Country' (0.17), and 'Blue Bloods' (0.19).

Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary ratings.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	WWE SmackDown	0.61	8.4	2.35	Fox
	SWAT (R)	0.22	3.2	2.74	CBS
	Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge (R)	0.19	2.7	1.38	NBC
	Will Trent (R)	0.18	2.6	2.03	ABC
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.06	0.9	0.61	The CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC	0.25	3.3	2.46	NBC
	20/20	0.17	2.3	2.10	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.17	2.3	2.36	CBS
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.08	1.1	0.50	The CW
9:30 PM	The Great American Joke Off (F)	0.06	0.7	0.38	The CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods (R)	0.19	2.7	2.91	CBS