Friday TV Ratings 9/29/23: Shark Tank Returns Up From Finale, WWE SmackDown Easily Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: For its fall premiere, ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.37) was up by two-hundredths when compared to its May season finale (0.35). '20/20' (0.29) dipped from there but still beat out the premiere of NBC's 'Dateline' (0.25) head-on. In fairness, 'Dateline' had less lead-in help than its newsmagazine rival since it aired after an 8 p.m. rerun of 'The Voice' (0.22) instead of an original broadcast. On CBS, 'Secret Celebrity Renovation' (0.16, -0.06) collapsed on finale night and led into more encores of 'Fire Country' (0.12) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.13). Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.60, -0.03) shed a few ticks but maintained its dominance. The CW's broadcast of 'Miss USA 2023' (0.10) performed better than the network's usual fare.

Finals Update: ‘WWE SmackDown’ (+0.1), ‘Shark Tank’ (+0.1), ‘Secret Celebrity Renovation’ (+0.1), and ‘Dateline NBC’ (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	WWE SmackDown	0.60	7	2.30	Fox
	Shark Tank (P)	0.37	5	3.47	ABC
	The Voice (R)	0.22	3	2.27	NBC
	Secret Celebrity Renovation (F)	0.16	2	2.07	CBS
	Miss USA 2023	0.10	1	0.81	The CW
9 PM	20/20 (P)	0.29	4	3.08	ABC
	Dateline NBC (P)	0.25	3	2.45	NBC
	Fire Country (R)	0.12	1	1.51	CBS
10 PM	Blue Bloods (R)	0.13	2	2.25	CBS