Friday TV Ratings 8/15/25: The Rainmaker Modest in Premiere, Stand Up to Cancer Draws Minimal Interest Across Big Four as ABC Tops Coverage, WWE SmackDown Slides [+ Analysis]

Four of the five major broadcast networks aired Stand Up to Cancer on Friday night, and ABC's broadcast (0.19) easily led the way. NBC (0.09) came in a distant second, with Fox (0.08) and CBS (0.07) close behind. Later in the night, NBC's Dateline encore (0.10) was a notch above ABC's 20/20 repeat (0.08). CBS's Fire Country rerun (0.09) beat Fox's MasterChef (0.06) repeat. The CW aired repeats of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.03) and Totally Funny Animals (0.03/0.02). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Stand Up to Cancer 2025	0.19	4	1.40	ABC
	Stand Up to Cancer 2025	0.09	2	1.15	NBC
	Stand Up to Cancer 2025	0.08	1	0.52	Fox
	Stand Up to Cancer 2025	0.07	1	1.12	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.03	1	0.47	CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.10	2	1.47	NBC
	Fire Country (R)	0.09	2	1.00	CBS
	20/20 (R)	0.08	2	1.37	ABC
	MasterChef (R)	0.06	1	0.41	Fox
	Totally Funny Animals (R)	0.03	1	0.36	CW
9:30 PM	Totally Funny Animals (R)	0.02	1	0.33	CW
10 PM	Blue Bloods (R)	0.10	2	1.37	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.35	1.43
NFL Preseason: Titans v. Falcons	NFL	0.29	1.22
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.18	3.03
Hannity	Fox News	0.17	3.28
Trump/Putin Summit	Fox News	0.15	2.65
Little League World Series: HI v. CT	ESPN	0.14	1.20
Banana Ball	ESPN2	0.11	0.41
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.08	0.51
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.07	0.89
The Rainmaker	USA	0.07	0.53
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.06	0.82
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	0.82
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.51
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.04	0.85
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.02	0.54