Friday TV Ratings 5/2/25: Hollywood Squares Drops to New Low in Time Slot Debut, Grosse Pointe Garden Society Hits Friday High, Shark Tank and SWAT Slip [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Hollywood Squares (0.18) dropped from its last installment (0.21) in its CBS return and appeared to negatively affect SWAT (0.24, -0.06). Grosse Pointe Garden Society (0.14, +0.04) and Dateline (0.19, +0.04) bounced back on NBC. Shark Tank (0.27, -0.05) and 20/20 (0.23, -0.10) both dropped on ABC, with 20/20 losing a full tenth. UFL (0.12) improved a bit from last week on Fox. The CW went with reruns of Penn & Teller (0.04) and Masters of Illusion (0.03/0.02). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Shark Tank	0.27	4	2.75	ABC
	Hollywood Squares	0.18	3	2.44	CBS
	Grosse Pointe Garden Society	0.14	2	1.38	NBC
	UFL: Arlington v. St. Louis	0.12	2	0.63	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.04	1	0.39	CW
9 PM	SWAT	0.24	4	2.82	CBS
	20/20	0.23	4	2.61	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.19	3	2.08	NBC
	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.03	0	0.27	CW
9:30 PM	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.02	0	0.29	CW
10 PM	Fire Country (R)	0.17	3	1.77	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA Playoffs: Rockets v. Warriors	ESPN	1.40	4.61
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.37	1.41
NHL Playoffs: Jets v. Blues	TNT	0.20	0.64
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.12	3.13
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.09	2.57
Hannity	Fox News	0.09	2.24
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.06	0.46
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.46
NewsNight	CNN	0.03	0.40
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.03	0.20
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.03	0.49
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.03	0.58
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	0.73
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.03	0.87