Friday TV Ratings 8/30/24: 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony Low, Inside the NFL Returns Down, Declining WWE SmackDown Leads [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On NBC, the 2024 Paris Paralympics (0.15) performed poorly in the Adults 18-49 demographic, falling behind the America's Got Talent rerun (0.16) that led into it. Let's Make a Deal Primetime (0.20, 0.00) held steady on CBS, while Lingo (0.19, +0.04) climbed higher. Fox's WWE Smackdown (0.53, -0.03) remained on top despite a decline. On the CW, Inside the NFL (0.04) was a hundredth shy of its February finale (0.05) in its return. On ABC, repeats of Jeopardy! Masters (0.18) and 20/20 (0.19) beat out NBC's lineup. Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.

Time

Show

18-49 Rating

18-49 Share

Viewers (mil)

Network

8 PMWWE SmackDown0.5382.05Fox

Let's Make a Deal Primetime
0.2032.30CBS

Jeopardy! Masters (R)0.1832.49ABC

America's Got Talent (R)0.1621.47NBC

The Conners (R)0.0610.35CW
8:30 PMThe Conners (R)0.0610.33CW
9 PMLingo0.1931.65CBS

20/20 (R)0.1932.49ABC

2024 Paris Paralympics0.1521.19NBC

Inside the NFL (P)0.0410.26CW
10 PMBlue Bloods (R)0.1521.68CBS

Cable:

Show

Network

18-49 Viewers

Viewers (mil.)

College Football: Temple v. OKESPN0.421.65
College Football: FL Atl. v. MI St.Big Ten0.200.74
Gutfeld!Fox News0.132.38
Real Time with Bill MaherHBO0.050.68

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