Friday TV Ratings 5/9/25: SWAT and Hollywood Squares Collapse to New Lows, Shark Tank and Grosse Pointe Garden Society Also Decline, Pope Leo XIV Special Solid [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Hollywood Squares (0.13, -0.05) and SWAT (0.15, -0.09) collapsed on CBS, and a 10 p.m. rerun of Fire Country (0.12) almost matched the Squares original in the key demographic. Shark Tank (0.25, -0.02) also dropped on ABC. Tank was followed by a special about Pope Leo XIV (0.24) and Bad Romance (0.15). Grosse Pointe (0.12, -0.02) slipped on NBC, but Dateline (0.19, 0.00) tied its week-ago installment. Fox's UFL broadcast (0.09) did not impress. The CW aired repeats of Penn & Teller (0.05) and Masters of Illusion (0.04/0.03). Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Shark Tank	0.25	4	2.60	ABC
	Hollywood Squares (F)	0.13	2	2.46	CBS
	Grosse Pointe Garden Society	0.12	2	1.40	NBC
	UFL: DC v. San Antonio	0.09	2	0.54	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.05	1	0.38	CW
9 PM	The American Pope: Leo XIV	0.24	3	2.40	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.19	3	2.73	NBC
	SWAT	0.15	2	2.83	CBS
	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.04	1	0.29	CW
9:30 PM	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.03	0	0.25	CW
10 PM	Bad Romance: A Special Edition of 20/20	0.15	2	1.60	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.12	2	1.67	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers v. Pacers	ESPN	1.18	3.91
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.41	1.46
NHL Playoffs: Maple Leafs v. Panthers	USA	0.28	0.99
Hannity	Fox News	0.10	2.26
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.09	2.57
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.09	2.63
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.09	0.54
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.07	0.23
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.06	0.61
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.50
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.38
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	0.90
NewsNight	CNN	0.03	0.37
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.03	0.93
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.02	1.07
Percy Jackson & the Olympians	Disney	0.02	0.09
Power Book III: Raising Kanan	Starz	0.02	0.12