Friday TV Ratings 12/13/24: Blue Bloods Rises for Series Finale, Happy’s Place Slides, WWE SmackDown Rises [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: CBS drama Blue Bloods (0.33, +0.02) ended its 14-season run with an uptick and tied its previously-set fall 2024 high. Earlier in the evening, SWAT (0.34, +0.05) and Fire Country (0.33, +0.02) also rose. After riding the Rudolph high last week, Happy's Place (0.25, -0.13) and Lopez vs Lopez (0.17, -0.09) dropped back down to normal levels on NBC. Dateline (0.19) grew slightly from there. On ABC, Shark Tank (0.29, -0.02) and 20/20 (0.24, -0.03) slipped. College basketball (0.19) did not move the needle on Fox. On the CW, Children Ruin Everything (0.03/0.02) remained below repeats of Bob Hearts Abishola (0.04/0.04). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	SWAT	0.34	6	4.37	CBS
	Shark Tank	0.29	5	2.88	ABC
	Happy's Place	0.25	4	3.35	NBC
	College Basketball: IN v. NE	0.19	3	1.08	Fox
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.04	1	0.30	CW
8:30 PM	Lopez vs Lopez	0.17	3	1.93	NBC
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.04	1	0.32	CW
9 PM	Fire Country	0.33	5	4.54	CBS
	20/20	0.24	4	2.44	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.19	3	2.28	NBC
	Children Ruin Everything	0.03	1	0.20	CW
9:30 PM	Children Ruin Everything	0.02	0	0.15	CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods (Series Finale)	0.33	5	5.86	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.47	1.53
Gold Rush	Discovery	0.16	1.22
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.15	3.19
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.15	2.56
Hannity	Fox News	0.14	2.64
The New York Sack Exchange	ESPN	0.11	0.56
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.11	0.59
Hanukkah on the Rocks	Hallmark	0.10	1.09
AEW: Rampage	TNT	0.08	0.289
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.04	0.03
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.03	0.40
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.03	0.40
NewsNight	CNN	0.03	0.36
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	0.49