Friday TV Ratings 8/29/25: Robin Roberts Hurricane Katrina Special Decent, College Football on ESPN Leads, WWE SmackDown Declines [+ Analysis]

ABC's special about Hurricane Katrina (0.21) posted a decent rating, but Fox's college football broadcast (0.64) more than tripled it in the key demo. CBS aired repeats of NCIS: Sydney (0.13), Fire Country (0.10), and Blue Bloods (0.10). NBC went with encores of Happy's Place (0.12/0.11) and Dateline (0.15). The CW aired a rerun of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.03) and The Quest for Gold (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time

Show

18-49 Rating

18-49 Share

Viewers (mil)

Network

8 PMCollege Football: Auburn v. Baylor0.64122.83Fox

Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts0.2142.15ABC

NCIS: Sydney (R)0.1331.76CBS

Happy's Place (R)0.1221.48NBC

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)0.0310.33CW
8:30 PMHappy's Place (R)0.1121.30NBC
9 PMDateline NBC (R)0.1531.83NBC

20/20 (R)0.1221.57ABC

Fire Country (R)0.1021.31CBS

The Quest for Gold0.0300.16CW
10 PMBlue Bloods (R)0.1021.42CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show

Network

18-49 Viewers

Viewers (mil.)

College Football: GA Tech v. COESPN0.893.48
WWE SmackDownUSA0.281.15
College Football: W. MI v. MI St.FS10.190.62
Gutfeld!Fox News0.152.31
HannityFox News0.121.71
Jesse Watters PrimetimeFox News0.122.09
The RainmakerUSA0.070.59
Banana BallTruTV0.050.20
Last Word with Lawrence O'DonnellMSNBC0.040.65
MLB: Regional CoverageMLB0.040.18
NewsNightCNN0.030.42
Anderson Cooper 360CNN0.020.42
The Source with Kaitlan CollinsCNN0.020.35
The Briefing with Jen PsakiMSNBC0.020.67
The Briefing with Jen PsakiMSNBC0.020.68

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