Friday TV Ratings 6/26/26: World Cup Declines but Continues to Easily Lead, Dateline Strong, NHL Draft Up from 2025 [+ Analysis]

A diminished FIFA World Cup broadcast (1.81) was still easily in the lead on Friday night, meaning Fox was once again on top. On NBC, Dateline (0.24, +0.09) surged, building on the repeat of America's Got Talent (0.18) that led into it. ABC aired a Celebrity Jeopardy! rerun (0.19) and 20/20 (0.19). CBS went with repeats of Sheriff Country (0.21), Fire Country (0.13), and Boston Blue (0.12). On the CW, an encore presentation of the Taylor Swift documentary Taylor (0.01) posted the same rating it did in its initial airing (0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2026 FIFA World Cup: Uruguay v. Spain	1.81	23	6.16	Fox
	Sheriff Country (R)	0.21	3	2.37	CBS
	Celebrity Jeopardy! (R)	0.19	3	2.31	ABC
	America's Got Talent (R)	0.18	2	1.84	NBC
	Taylor (R)	0.01	0	0.28	CW
9 PM	20/20	0.19	2	2.74	ABC
	Fire Country (R)	0.13	1	1.88	CBS
10 PM	Dateline NBC	0.24	3	1.97	NBC
	Boston Blue (R)	0.12	2	1.84	CBS
10:15 PM	FIFA World Cup Today	1.15	16	3.90	Fox
10:45 PM	2026 FIFA World Cup	1.03	17	3.22	Fox

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2026 FIFA World Cup	FS1	0.48	1.36
FIFA World Cup Today	FS1	0.43	1.20
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.22	1.21
NHL Draft	ESPN	0.20	0.62
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.57
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.11	2.75
Dutton Ranch	Paramount	0.11	1.32
Hannity	Fox News	0.09	2.02
Last World with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.07	0.95
Deadliest Catch	Discovery	0.06	0.80
Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.05	1.08
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.64
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.04	0.98
Power Book III: Raising Kanan	Starz	0.04	0.16
MLB	MLB	0.04	0.17
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.03	0.64
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.03	0.41
NewsNight	CNN	0.03	0.57