Friday TV Ratings 8/16/24: Let’s Make a Deal Primetime Struggles, Lingo Rises, WWE SmackDown Leads Amidst Decline [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Let's Make a Deal Primetime (0.20) struggled in its CBS return and could only tie a repeat of ABC's Jeopardy! Masters (0.20). Later in the night, Lingo (0.15, +0.02) actually ticked up. On Fox, WWE Smackdown (0.61, -0.03) declined but remained on top. NBC went with reruns of American Ninja Warrior (0.19) and Dateline (0.24). Totally Funny Animals (0.05, +0.01) was up slightly on the CW, but Totally Funny Kids (0.04, 0.00) held flat. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	WWE SmackDown	0.61	10	2.25	Fox
	Let's Make a Deal Primetime	0.20	3	2.47	CBS
	Jeopardy! Masters (R)	0.20	3	2.36	ABC
	American Ninja Warrior (R)	0.19	3	1.53	NBC
	The Conners (R)	0.04	1	0.36	CW
8:30 PM	The Conners (R)	0.03	0	0.36	CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.24	4	2.24	NBC
	20/20 (R)	0.19	3	1.81	ABC
	Lingo	0.15	2	1.63	CBS
	Totally Funny Animals	0.05	1	0.39	CW
9:30 PM	Totally Funny Kids	0.04	1	0.44	CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods (R)	0.12	2	1.74	CBS