Friday TV Ratings 7/4/25: Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Heavily Down from 2024, Resident Alien Jumps in Earlier Time Slot, WWE SmackDown Drops [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: NBC's broadcast of the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks (0.39) declined by 35% from last year in the Adults 18-49 demographic (0.60), but the 10 p.m. repeat (0.42) actually grew from there. Reruns of Celebrity Jeopardy! (0.19) and 20/20 (0.15) aired on ABC. CBS was a notch below that with encores of NCIS: Sydney (0.11/0.11) and Fire Country (0.10). Repeats of MasterChef (0.20) and The 1% Club (0.10) aired on Fox. The CW's Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (0.07) built on the rerun of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.06) that led into it. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Macy's 4th of July Fireworks	0.39	9	3.60	NBC
	MasterChef (R)	0.20	5	0.67	Fox
	Celebrity Jeopardy! (R)	0.19	4	1.84	ABC
	NCIS: Sydney (R)	0.11	3	1.64	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.06	1	0.33	CW
9 PM	20/20 (R)	0.15	4	1.85	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.10	2	1.10	CBS
	The 1% Club (R)	0.10	2	0.59	Fox
	Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular	0.07	2	0.55	CW
10 PM	Macy's 4th of July Fireworks (R)	0.42	10	2.72	NBC
	NCIS: Sydney (R)	0.11	3	1.17	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.32	1.17
Big Independence Day Special	Fox News	0.16	2.07
Resident Alien	USA	0.10	0.36
CNN's Fourth in America	CNN	0.09	0.53
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.07	0.39
BMF	Starz	0.02	0.09
Resident Alien	Syfy	N/A	N/A