Friday TV Ratings 1/16/26: Happy’s Place and Stumble Rise After Break, RuPaul’s Drag Race Also Rises, WWE SmackDown Drops [+ Analysis]

Happy's Place (0.21, +0.03) and Stumble (0.16, +0.05) both rose on NBC, while Dateline (0.20, 0.00) matched its last original. ABC's Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.26, -0.01) dipped, but 20/20 (0.19, 0.00) was steady once more. CBS went with repeats of Hollywood Squares (0.20), Sheriff Country (0.12), and Boston Blue (0.12). Masters of Illusion (0.04, 0.00) tied its week-ago installment on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	0.26	5	3.36	ABC
	Men's College Basketball: Baylor v. KS	0.23	4	1.34	Fox
	Happy's Place	0.21	4	3.36	NBC
	Hollywood Squares (R)	0.20	3	2.09	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.05	1	0.50	CW
8:30 PM	Stumble	0.16	3	1.96	NBC
9 PM	Dateline NBC	0.20	3	2.66	NBC
	20/20	0.19	3	2.58	ABC
	Sheriff Country (R)	0.12	2	2.11	CBS
	Masters of Illusion	0.04	1	0.42	CW
10 PM	Boston Blue (R)	0.12	2	2.08	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA	ESPN	0.35	N/A
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.21	N/A
RuPaul's Drag Race	MTV	0.16	N/A
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.14	N/A
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.13	N/A
Gold Rush	Discovery	0.12	N/A
Hannity	Fox News	0.11	N/A
Untucked	MTV	0.10	N/A
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.06	N/A
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.06	N/A
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.06	N/A
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	N/A
Men's College Basketball	FS1	0.05	N/A
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.05	N/A
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.05	N/A
Power Book IV: Force	Starz	0.03	N/A
Men's College Basketball	ESPN2	0.03	N/A
Unrivaled: Rose v. Hive	TNT	0.03	N/A
Phineas & Ferb	Disney	0.03	N/A
Phineas & FRB	Disney	0.02	N/A
Unrivaled: Laces v. Phantom	TruTV	0.02	N/A
Unrivaled: Rose v. Hive	TruTV	0.02	N/A
Unrivaled: Laces v. Phantom	TNT	0.02	N/A