Friday TV Ratings 11/22/24: Fire Country and Shark Tank Soar to Season Highs, Happy’s Place Barely Rises from Previous Week’s Low, Christmas on Call Solid [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: It was a night full of recovery on broadcast as CBS dramas SWAT (0.35, +0.09), Fire Country (0.38, +0.14), and Blue Bloods (0.28, +0.06) were all way up from last week's depressed levels. On ABC, Shark Tank (0.31, +0.13) and 20/20 (0.27, +0.09) soared in a similar manner. NBC sitcoms Happy's Place (0.23, +0.02) and Lopez vs Lopez (0.19, +0.03) were up but not nearly as much as the others. Dateline (0.18, +0.05) also rose. College football on Fox (0.34) was a tenth above last week. Even the CW's Bob Hearts Abishola reruns (0.05/0.04/0.04/0.05) were above the week-ago batch. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	SWAT	0.35	5	4.62	CBS
	College Football: Purdue v. MI St.	0.34	5	1.84	Fox
	Shark Tank	0.31	5	2.91	ABC
	Happy's Place	0.23	4	3.07	NBC
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.05	1	0.30	CW
8:30 PM	Lopez vs Lopez	0.19	3	1.77	NBC
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.04	1	0.26	CW
9 PM	Fire Country	0.38	5	4.74	CBS
	20/20	0.27	4	2.67	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.18	3	1.93	NBC
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.04	1	0.27	CW
9:30 PM	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.05	1	0.29	CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods	0.28	4	5.05	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.46	1.58
NBA: Warriors v. Pelicans	ESPN	0.36	1.38
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.20	3.38
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.17	2.98
Hannity	Fox News	0.14	2.72
College Football: Temple v. TX-San Antonio	ESPN2	0.12	0.51
Christmas on Call	Hallmark	0.10	1.30
AEW: Rampage	TNT	0.09	0.25
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.08	0.57
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Disney	0.04	0.14
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.04	0.60
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Disney	0.03	0.12