Friday TV Ratings 7/28/23: WWE Smackdown and Moonshine Decline, Tough as Nails Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Fox staple 'WWE Smackdown' (0.61, -0.01) dropped by a hundredth but still dominated Friday night as it almost always does. On the CW, 'Family Law' (0.05, -0.02) and 'Moonshine' (0.03, -0.02) were both on the decline. CBS's 'Tough as Nails' (0.20, +0.02) inched up from Sunday's episode and was followed by repeats of 'Fire Country' (0.12) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.14). Encores of 'Will Trent' (0.16) and '20/20' (0.17) were lower than last week on ABC. NBC's 'Dateline' encore (0.18) dropped by three-hundredths, but the 'Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge' rerun (0.16) remained unchanged.

Finals Update: The repeat of 'Will Trent' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'Moonshine' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	WWE SmackDown	0.61	8	2.32	Fox
	Tough as Nails	0.20	3	2.26	CBS
	Will Trent (R)	0.16	2	2.29	ABC
	Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge (R)	0.16	2	1.07	NBC
	Family Law	0.05	1	0.32	The CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.18	2	1.84	NBC
	20/20 (R)	0.17	2	2.13	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.12	2	1.72	CBS
	Moonshine	0.03	0	0.21	The CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods (R)	0.14	2	2.52	CBS