Friday TV Ratings 6/13/25: NBA Finals Rise for Game 4, World Cup Special Low, WWE SmackDown and On Patrol: Live Drop [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: The NBA Finals (2.66, +0.06) rose slightly in game four, and that was more than enough to make ABC the top-rated network on Friday night. NBC aired repeats of Happy's Place (0.17), St. Denis Medical (0.12), and Dateline (0.14). CBS went with encores of Fire Country (0.19) and Ringo & Friends at the Ryman (0.10). FIFA World Cup 26: One Year to Go (0.09) disappointed on Fox, but a rerun of The Snake (0.08) went even lower. Repeats of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.05) and Masters of Illusion (0.05/0.05) were close behind on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NBA Countdown	0.62	12	3.21	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.19	3	2.07	CBS
	Happy's Place (R)	0.17	2	1.65	NBC
	FIFA World Cup 26: One Year to Go	0.09	1	0.47	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.05	1	0.55	CW
8:30 PM	2025 NBA Finals Game 4	2.66	38	9.41	ABC
	St. Denis Medical (R)	0.12	2	1.05	NBC
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.14	2	2.30	NBC
	Ringo & Friends at the Ryman (R)	0.10	1	1.09	CBS
	The Snake (R)	0.08	1	0.37	Fox
	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.05	1	0.39	CW
9:30 PM	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.05	1	0.34	CW

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.38	1.40
College World Series: Louisville v. OR St.	ESPN	0.23	0.96
Hannity	Fox News	0.20	2.87
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.19	3.08
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	2.92
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.15	0.84
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.07	0.99
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.07	0.65
Resident Alien On Patrol: Live	USA Reelz	0.07 0.06	0.32 0.47
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.06	0.35
NewsNight	CNN	0.06	0.64
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.06	1.04
WNBA: Sky v. Dream WNBA: Wings v. Aces	ION ION	0.06 0.05	0.37 0.29
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.04	0.49
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.04	0.94
BMF Resident Alien	Starz Syfy	0.03 0.01	0.11 0.14