Friday TV Ratings 8/28/26: CW Takes Third for the Night with NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, Jeopardy! Masters Ticks Up, Anna Pigeon Sinks Again [+ Analysis]

NASCAR (0.12) brought some life to the CW on Friday night, enough to surpass NBC repeats of America's Got Talent (0.09) and Dateline (0.11) in the key demographic. On the other hand, college volleyball on Fox (0.07/0.05) completely underwhelmed. Jeopardy! Masters (0.26, +0.01) ticked up on ABC, while NFL on CBS (0.51) led the way overall. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NFL Preseason: Bengals v. Eagles	0.51	9	2.85	CBS
	Jeopardy! Masters	0.26	4	3.11	ABC
	NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: Winn-Dixie 250	0.12	2	0.85	CW
	America's Got Talent (R)	0.09	2	1.19	NBC
	Women's College Volleyball: Creighton v. Purdue	0.07	1	0.35	Fox
9 PM	20/20 (R)	0.21	4	2.50	ABC
9:30 PM	Women's College Volleyball: MN v. AZ St.	0.05	1	0.27	Fox
10 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.11	1	1.35	NBC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.29	1.12
NFL Preseason	NFL	0.26	0.86
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.09	1.90
Anna Pigeon	USA	0.08	0.81
NewsNight	CNN	0.08	0.59
Hannity	Fox News	0.08	1.63
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.07	1.79
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.07	0.95
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.06	0.88
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.06	0.67
MLB	MLB	0.05	0.31
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.05	0.47
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.55
Women's College Volleyball	ESPN2	0.03	0.11
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.03	0.54
Women's College Volleyball	ESPN2	0.03	0.12