Friday TV Ratings 1/2/26: RuPaul’s Drag Race Returns Lower, Holiday Bowl Easily Leads Quiet Night, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Encore is Top Non-Sports Program on Repeat-Filled Night [+ Analysis]

Fox's Holiday Bowl broadcast (0.40) was Friday night's highest-rated program by a comfortable margin. On ABC, 20/20 (0.19) fell behind the repeat of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.24) that led into it. NBC aired repeats of Happy's Place (0.19), Stumble (0.14), and Dateline (0.21). CBS aired encores of Sheriff Country (0.16), Fire Country (0.13), and Boston Blue (0.08). The CW aired reruns of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.03) and Masters of Illusion (0.02). Key: (R) = repeat. 

Time

Show

18-49 Rating

18-49 Share

Viewers (mil)

Network

8 PMHoliday Bowl: AZ v. SMU0.4072.39Fox

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R)0.2443.00ABC

Happy's Place (R)0.1932.08NBC

Sheriff Country (R)0.1632.87CBS

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)0.0310.45CW
8:30 PMStumble (R)0.1431.35NBC
9 PMDateline NBC (R)0.2142.05NBC

20/200.1932.56ABC

Fire Country (R)0.1321.95CBS

Masters of Illusion (R)0.0200.35CW
10 PMBoston Blue (R)0.0811.91CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show

Network

18-49 Viewers

Viewers (mil.)

WWE SmackDownUSA0.28N/A
NHLTNT0.24N/A
RuPaul's Drag RaceMTV0.21N/A
Gold RushDiscovery0.14N/A
UntuckedMTV0.10N/A
Gutfeld!Fox News0.09N/A
Jesse Watters PrimetimeFox News0.08N/A
HannityFox News0.07N/A
Men's College BasketballESPN20.07N/A
Anderson Cooper 360CNN0.06N/A
NHLTruTV0.05N/A
The Source with Kaitlan CollinsCNN0.04N/A
The Last Word with Lawrence O'DonnellMSNOW0.04N/A
The Briefing with Jen PsakiMSNOW0.03N/A
The Briefing with Jen PsakiMSNOW0.03N/A
Power Book IV: ForceStarz0.02N/A
NewsNightCNN0.02N/A

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