Friday TV Ratings 10/16/26: Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Starts Up in Demo but Down 30% in Viewers from 2025 with Tis the Season for Setups, Sheriff Country and Fire Country Slide, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Tops Non-Sports Programming

Analysis to come.

Friday TV Ratings 10/9/26: Sheriff Country Soars to New Series High for Season Two Premiere, Fire Country and Boston Blue Also Return Higher, Anna Pigeon Ends Down

Analysis to come.

Friday TV Ratings 10/2/26: Strong Return for Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, 20/20 Also Rises, Penn State/Northwestern College Football Game Leads [+ Analysis]

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.30) had a strong return on ABC, and 20/20 (0.24, +0.07) seemed to benefit greatly from having Wheel as its lead-in. Dateline (0.20, 0.00) was steady on NBC. Fox's college football broadcast (0.74) dominated. Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.

Friday TV Ratings 9/25/26: Dateline NBC Premiere Takes Second on Broadcast, Northwestern/Indiana College Football Game Easily Leads, Anna Pigeon Ticks Up [+ Analysis]

In the battle of the newsmagazine staples, the premiere of NBC's Dateline (0.20) was a bit ahead of ABC's 20/20 (0.17). Fox easily led with college football (0.85). Totally Funny Animals (0.02, -0.03) dropped on the CW, but there was a slight uptick at 9:30 (0.03, +0.01). Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.

ABC Renew/Cancel Week 1: The RJ Decker Experiment Has Failed

The ABC Renew/Cancel is back after a long summer, as ABC begins to roll out its regular season lineup. This week, it's an in-depth look at the sole scripted debut so far, RJ Decker, plus some more marveling at the remarkable performance of Dancing with the Stars.