Friday TV Ratings 9/19/25: Liberty/Mercury WNBA Playoffs Matchup Rises for Game 3, The Rainmaker and On Patrol: Live Rise, College Football Easily Leads [+ Analysis]

College football on Fox (0.58) led the way in the Adults 18-49 demographic, rising noticeably from last week's broadcast. CBS aired Big Brother: Unlocked (0.19) and a Fall First Look (0.08). ABC went with an encore of High Potential (0.10) and 20/20 (0.15). NBC aired a repeat of America's Got Talent (0.13) and Dateline (0.18). The CW aired encores of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.03) and Totally Funny Animals (0.02/0.03). Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: IA v. Rutgers	0.58	11	2.66	Fox
	Big Brother: Unlocked (F)	0.19	4	1.57	CBS
	America's Got Talent (R)	0.13	3	1.66	NBC
	High Potential (R)	0.10	2	2.04	ABC
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.03	1	0.33	CW
9 PM	20/20	0.15	3	2.51	ABC
	CBS Fall First Look	0.08	2	1.01	CBS
	Totally Funny Animals (R)	0.02	0	0.28	CW
9:30 PM	Ghosts (R)	0.06	1	0.87	CBS
	Totally Funny Animals (R)	0.03	1	0.32	CW
10 PM	Dateline NBC	0.18	3	1.70	NBC
	Blue Bloods (R)	0.08	2	1.16	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.37	1.34
College Football: Tulsa v. OK St.	ESPN	0.30	1.38
WNBA Playoffs: Liberty v. Mercury	ESPN2	0.23	1.00
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.15	3.10
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.15	2.92
Hannity	Fox News	0.13	2.24
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.09	0.46
The Rainmaker	USA	0.08	0.57
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.06	0.55
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.05	0.54
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.50
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.04	0.57
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	0.92
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.03	1.06
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.03	0.95
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.02	0.18