Friday TV Ratings 9/13/24: Robin Roberts Emmys Special Weak, College Football on Fox Leads, WWE SmackDown Grows in Return to USA Network [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Even with WWE Smackdown out of the picture, Fox retained its Friday-night dominance, this time with the help of college football (0.60). Smackdown itself (0.55) remained a force on the USA network. On ABC, an Emmys-based special (0.17) did not move the needle and seemed to bring down 20/20 (0.24, -0.02). Let's Make a Deal Primetime (0.25, +0.04) and Lingo (0.17, +0.02) both improved on CBS. NBC aired a repeat of America's Got Talent (0.18) and Dateline (0.16). The CW went with Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.06/0.06) and Inside the NFL (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: AZ v. KS St.	0.60	10	2.58	Fox
	Let's Make a Deal Primetime	0.25	4	2.71	CBS
	America's Got Talent (R)	0.18	2	1.77	NBC
	The 76th Emmys: A Night of Firsts	0.17	2	2.03	ABC
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.06	1	0.43	CW
8:30 PM	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.06	1	0.39	CW
9 PM	20/20	0.24	4	2.23	ABC
	Lingo	0.17	3	1.59	CBS
	Inside the NFL	0.03	1	0.27	CW
10 PM	Dateline NBC	0.16	2	1.76	NBC
	Blue Bloods (R)	0.14	2	1.74	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.55	1.72
College Football: UNLV v. KS	ESPN	0.36	1.32
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.16	2.86
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.14	2.34
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.11	0.70
AEW: Rampage	TNT	0.07	0.25
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.04	0.78
Power Book II: Ghost	Starz	0.03	0.16