Friday TV Ratings 8/8/25: Resident Alien Ticks Up for Series Finale, Big Brother: Unlocked Tops a Quiet Night on Broadcast, NFL Preseason Tops WWE SmackDown to Lead the Night [+ Analysis]

CBS spin-off Big Brother: Unlocked (0.17, -0.01) was down slightly from its premiere, but this rating was still higher than all other broadcast network offerings on a quiet Friday night. ABC aired repeats of Match Game (0.14) and 20/20 (0.12), while NBC went with encores of Happy's Place (0.11/0.12) and Dateline (0.14). On Fox, The Fixer (0.07/0.05) was down for its finale. Over on the CW, Totally Funny Animals (0.04, +0.02) and Totally Funny Kids (0.03, +0.01) both rose. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Big Brother: Unlocked	0.17	3	1.44	CBS
	Match Game (R)	0.14	3	1.63	ABC
	Happy's Place (R)	0.11	2	1.71	NBC
	The Fixer	0.07	1	0.55	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.04	1	0.37	CW
8:30 PM	Happy's Place (R)	0.12	2	1.55	NBC
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.14	3	1.91	NBC
	20/20 (R)	0.12	2	1.54	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.07	1	1.06	CBS
	The Fixer (F)	0.05	1	0.43	Fox
	Totally Funny Animals	0.04	1	0.33	CW
9:30 PM	Totally Funny Kids	0.03	1	0.33	CW
10 PM	NCIS: Sydney (R)	0.09	2	1.17	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NFL Preseason: Browns v. Panthers	NFL	0.61	2.24
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.48	1.56
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.13	2.51
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.10	2.56
Little League World Series: Northwest Regional	ESPN	0.09	0.74
Little League World Series: Metro Regional	ESPN	0.09	0.72
Resident Alien	USA	0.08	0.36
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.08	0.44
Hannity	Fox News	0.07	1.91
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.03	0.73
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.03	0.48
Electric Bloom	Disney	0.03	0.09
NewsNight	CNN	0.02	0.34
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.02	0.18
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.02	0.39
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.02	0.77
Resident Alien	Syfy	N/A	N/A