Friday TV Ratings 2/7/25: NCIS: Sydney Returns to New Series Low, Shark Tank Soars, Critics Choice Awards Sink in Move to E! [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: NCIS: Sydney (0.26) made a soft landing on CBS, but Fire Country (0.33, +0.03) and SWAT (0.25, +0.01) were actually up from last week. On ABC, Shark Tank (0.42, +0.12) soared to a new season high, but 20/20 (0.24, +0.04) did not rise nearly as much. Lopez vs Lopez (0.19, -0.09) collapsed for its NBC finale, and Happy's Place (0.27, -0.04) also slipped. Dateline (0.25, +0.03) was up a bit at nine. College basketball (0.34) performed well on Fox. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.06, -0.02) and Masters of Illusion (0.05, -0.03) dropped on the CW. Key: (P) = premiere. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Shark Tank	0.42	6	3.23	ABC
	College Basketball: St. John's v. UConn	0.34	5	1.45	Fox
	Happy's Place	0.27	4	3.34	NBC
	NCIS: Sydney (P)	0.26	4	4.25	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.06	1	0.51	CW
8:30 PM	Lopez vs Lopez (F)	0.19	3	2.07	NBC
9 PM	Fire Country	0.33	5	4.34	CBS
	Dateline NBC	0.25	4	2.48	NBC
	20/20	0.24	4	2.48	ABC
	Masters of Illusion	0.05	1	0.33	CW
10 PM	SWAT	0.25	4	3.47	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.48	1.51
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.28	4.09
NBA: 76ers v. Pistons	ESPN	0.26	0.95
RuPaul's Drag Race	MTV	0.20	0.53
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.19	3.29
Hannity	Fox News	0.18	3.37
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.10	1.79
Untucked	MTV	0.10	0.25
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.08	0.55
The Way Home	Hallmark	0.07	0.66
Unrivaled: Phantom v. Lunar Owls	TNT	0.06	0.16
Critics Choice Awards 2025	E!	0.06	0.28
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Disney	0.06	0.16
NewsNight	CNN	0.06	0.46
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.55
Unrivaled: Mist v. Rose	TNT	0.05	0.16
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.05	1.05
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.05	0.51
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.04	0.64
All In with Chris HAyes	MSNBC	0.04	0.86