Friday TV Ratings 10/25/24: World Series Massively Out-Rates 2023 Opening Game, Happy’s Place and Shark Tank Drop [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Fox's broadcast of the first 2024 World Series game delivered a massive 3.29 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic and crossed the 14-million mark in terms of total viewership. This rating is nearly 70% higher than the first 2023 game (1.95), and the viewership figure is over 50% above that of the year-ago showing. On NBC, sitcoms Happy's Place (0.29, -0.06) and Lopez v Lopez (0.21, -0.04) declined from last week's premieres, but Dateline (0.24, +0.03) was up. SWAT (0.27, -0.01) and Fire Country (0.34, -0.01) dipped on CBS, but Blue Bloods (0.25, -0.05) had a much harsher decline. ABC's Shark Tank (0.20, -0.04) fell to a new low and took 20/20 (0.18, -0.05) down with it. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.05, 0.00) and Joan (0.03, 0.00) were both stable on the CW.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2024 World Series Game 1	3.29	38	14.16	Fox
	Happy's Place	0.29	4	3.49	NBC
	SWAT	0.27	3	3.84	CBS
	Shark Tank	0.20	2	2.44	ABC
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.05	1	0.31	CW
8:30 PM	Lopez vs Lopez	0.21	2	1.83	NBC
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.05	1	0.34	CW
9 PM	Fire Country	0.34	4	4.33	CBS
	Dateline NBC	0.24	3	2.09	NBC
	20/20	0.18	2	1.91	ABC
	Joan	0.03	0	0.17	CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods	0.25	3	4.61	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.43	1.42
NBA: Suns v. Lakers	ESPN	0.26	0.83
College Football: Louisville v. Boston	ESPN2	0.22	0.88
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.18	3.15
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.16	2.65
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.09	0.50
Operation Nutcracker	Hallmark	0.08	1.02
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.03	0.57