Ratings Analysis: With March Madness out of the way, Fox's
WWE Smackdown (0.77,
+0.17) returned to Friday night dominance. The wrestling series was up dramatically, almost rising by two full tenths, and more than doubled its nearest competitor in the Adults 18-49 demographic. On ABC,
Shark Tank (0.29,
-0.03) and
20/20 (0.23,
-0.07) were down from their last originals.
SWAT (0.33,
-0.03),
Fire Country (0.38,
-0.01), and
Blue Bloods (0.32,
-0.04) also dropped on CBS.
Dateline (0.27,
+0.06), on the other hand, was up markedly on NBC.
Penn & Teller (0.06,
-0.01) shed a hundredth on the CW and was followed by a pilot encore of
Sight Unseen (0.03).
Time | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers (mil) | Network |
| 8 PM | WWE SmackDown | 0.77 | 9 | 2.60 | Fox |
| SWAT | 0.33 | 4 | 4.49 | CBS |
| Shark Tank | 0.29 | 3 | 3.01 | ABC |
| Password (R) | 0.21 | 2 | 1.88 | NBC |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.06 | 1 | 0.51 | CW |
| 9 PM | Fire Country | 0.38 | 4 | 4.95 | CBS |
| Dateline NBC | 0.27 | 3 | 2.01 | NBC |
| 20/20 | 0.23 | 3 | 2.43 | ABC |
| Sight Unseen (R) | 0.03 | 0 | 0.18 | CW |
| 10 PM | Blue Bloods | 0.32 | 3 | 4.86 | CBS |
Key:(R) = repeat
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