Friday TV Ratings 2/16/24: Blue Bloods, Fire Country and SWAT Premiere Up, Shark Tank Drops (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: Friday evening dramas SWAT (0.46) and Fire Country (0.51) were both way up from their May 2023 finales (0.35/0.35) and led CBS to another strong, post-strike premiere night. Blue Bloods (0.38) also improved on its finale from last year (0.34), but there was a noticeable downturn in its retention from Fire Country. Shark Tank (0.34, -0.05) slipped on ABC, but 20/20 (0.27, 0.00) held steady. NBC's Dateline (0.27, +0.02) pulled into a tie with its newsmagazine rival, even though it had a Password rerun (0.23) for a lead-in. Fox remained king with a stable WWE Smackdown (0.75, 0.00). Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.08, 0.00) was flat on the CW after taking a week off. After that came the series premieres of Totally Funny Kids (0.06) and Totally Funny Animals (0.06), with this pair posting adequate ratings by CW Friday standards.

Finals Update: SWAT (+0.1) and Blue Bloods (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	WWE SmackDown	0.75	9	2.56	Fox
	SWAT (P)	0.46	6	5.24	CBS
	Shark Tank	0.34	4	3.20	ABC
	Password (R)	0.23	3	2.12	NBC
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.08	1	0.59	CW
9 PM	Fire Country (P)	0.51	6	5.51	CBS
	20/20	0.27	3	2.47	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.27	3	2.66	NBC
	Totally Funny Kids (Series Premiere)	0.06	1	0.33	CW
9:30 PM	Totally Funny Animals (Series Premiere)	0.06	1	0.38	CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods (P)	0.38	5	5.67	CBS