Friday TV Ratings 7/3/26: World Cup Massive for Argentina/Cape Verde Game, Disney Celebrates America: America the Beautiful Strong, Dutton Ranch Rises Again [+ Analysis]

The Argentina v. Cape Verde FIFA World Cup game posted a colossal 6.16 rating on Fox, and the Colombia v. Ghana match-up (3.27) was still huge despite a noticeable ratings drop-off. On ABC, the special Disney Celebrates America: America the Beautiful (0.34) put up a solid performance. NBC aired repeats of America's Got Talent (0.12) and Dateline (0.11), while CBS was even lower with reruns of Sheriff Country (0.10), Fire Country (0.10), and Boston Blue (0.07). Over on the CW, Totally Funny Animals (0.02, -0.04) dealt with a sharp decline at nine and only fell further at 9:30 (0.01, -0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2026 FIFA World Cup: Argentina v. Cape Verde	6.16	60	19.97	Fox
	Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness (R)	0.23	3	2.62	ABC
	America's Got Talent (R)	0.12	1	1.46	NBC
	Sheriff Country (R)	0.10	1	1.98	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.03	0	0.33	CW
9 PM	Fire Country (R)	0.10	1	1.70	CBS
	Totally Funny Animals	0.02	0	0.30	CW
9:30 PM	2026 FIFA World Cup: Colombia v. Ghana	3.27	37	10.39	Fox
	Totally Funny Animals	0.01	0	0.30	CW
10 PM	Disney Celebrates America: America the Beautiful	0.34	4	3.88	ABC
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.11	1	1.45	NBC
	Boston Blue (R)	0.07	1	1.50	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.25	1.06
Hannity	Fox News	0.16	3.03
Hannity	Fox News	0.15	2.82
Dutton Ranch	Paramount	0.14	1.53
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.12	2.64
Everything On the Menu	USA	0.07	0.44
Everything On the Menu	USA	0.05	0.28
NBA Summer League	ESPN	0.04	0.17
We the People	MSNOW	0.03	0.97
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.03	0.86