Friday TV Ratings 11/5/21: Shark Tank and 20/20 Slip, SWAT and Magnum PI Steady After Week Off (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.60, +0.03) maintained its upward momentum by gaining three-hundredths and hitting a new season high, beating out last week's rating which had been its previous high. However, '20/20' (0.31, -0.18) did not benefit from 'Tank' and lost close to two-tenths from its last outing. This meant that a rising installment of NBC's 'Dateline' (0.38, +0.05) was able to outpace '20/20' head-on in the 9pm hour. One hour prior, the final edition of 'Home Sweet Home' (0.21, +0.05) picked up five-hundredths. On Fox, 'WWE Smackdown' (0.57, -0.01) shed a hundredth from two weeks ago and came a few ticks short of topping the evening. CBS's 'SWAT' (0.49, +0.03) rose by a couple hundredths, but 'Magnum PI' (0.43) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.46) neither rose nor fell in their return. Over on The CW, 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.09) held steady after taking last week off but 'Nancy Drew' (0.04, -0.01) dropped by a single hundredth. 

Finals Update: 'Shark Tank' (+0.1), 'WWE SmackDown' (+0.1), and 'Blue Bloods' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Friday TV Ratings 10/29/21: World Series Rises in Game Three, Shark Tank Scores Season High as 20/20 Rises Behind It (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Despite airing on a Friday night, game 3 of the '2021 World Series' (2.41) eclipsed the rating of game 2 (2.24) by close to two-tenths, placing it just a tenth behind the rating of the first  game (2.52). Amidst the extra competition, ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.57, +0.08) actually gained a tenth and posted a new season high. At 9, '20/20' (0.49, +0.14) rose by more than a tenth and obliterated its newsmagazine cousin 'Dateline' (0.33, -0.02). Though it paled in comparison to '20/20' at first glance, 'Dateline' deserves credit for more than doubling its lead-in, a rotten edition of NBC's 'Home Sweet Home' (0.16, -0.02). CBS went with encores of 'SWAT' (0.24), 'Magnum PI' (0.26), and 'Blue Bloods' (0.27), with each repeat rising from the previous. The CW's 'Scooby-Doo' special (0.09) matched what last week's 'Penn & Teller' garnered but 'Nancy Drew' (0.05) still dropped by a hundredth. 

Finals Update: '2021 World Series Game 3' (+0.5), 'Shark Tank' (+0.1), and repeats of 'Magnum PI' (+0.1) and 'Blue Bloods' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Friday TV Ratings 10/22/21: SWAT and Shark Tank Drop, WWE SmackDown Leads (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: As it often does, Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.5) outdid all other broadcasts after taking last Friday off. ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.4) and CBS's 'SWAT' (0.4) were slightly behind 'WWE', with both 8pm anchors losing a tenth. '20/20' (0.3) held even behind a sinking 'Tank', as did 'Magnum PI' (0.4) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.4) on CBS. NBC's 'Home Sweet Home' (0.2) tied last week's meager start while its 'Dateline' lead-out (0.4) gained a tenth despite having such an abysmal lead-in. 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.1) and 'Nancy Drew' (0.1) made no movement on the CW. 

Finals Update: WWE SmackDown (+0.1), Shark Tank (+0.1), SWAT (+0.1), Blue Bloods (+0.1) and 20/20 (+0.1) adjusted up.

Friday TV Ratings 10/15/21: Home Sweet Home Premieres Abysmally, MLB ALCS Dominates, SWAT Rises (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Game 1 of the American League Championship Series garnered a sturdy 1.1 rating on Fox, more than doubling last week's edition of 'WWE Smackdown' and every telecast on the competing networks. ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.5) was steady with its week-ago premiere as '20/20' (0.3) inched down in the 9pm slot. 'SWAT' (0.5) gained a tenth on CBS but 'Magnum PI' (0.4) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.4) failed to rise alongside it. The series premiere of 'Home Sweet Home' (0.2) was a clear disaster for NBC and the struggling newbie seemed to drag 'Dateline' (0.3) down with it. 'Penn & Teller' (0.1) and 'Nancy Drew' (0.1) were relatively stable on the CW.

Finals Update: MLB ALCS (+0.3) adjusted up.