Friday TV Ratings 9/18/26: Greatest @Home Videos: CEDY Awards Decent, Houston/Texas Tech College Football Game Dominates, Anna Pigeon Dips [+ Analysis]

On CBS, The Greatest @Home Videos: CEDY Awards (0.18) was a decent Friday night offering, and Big Brother: Unlocked (0.19, 0.00) held steady for its finale. Dateline (0.12) struggled on NBC, while ABC's 20/20 (0.20) was on more solid ground. College football on Fox (0.72) dominated overall. The CW's NASCAR broadcast (0.10) made the network more visible. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Friday TV Ratings 5/23/25: NBA Playoffs Slightly Down from First Pacers/Knicks Game, Greatest @HomeVideos Collapses, 20/20 and Shark Tank Repeat Top Broadcast [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On CBS, The Greatest @Home Videos (0.13, -0.11) dropped dramatically from last week and fell behind NBC's reruns of Happy's Place (0.14/0.16). ABC went with a Shark Tank rerun (0.19) and 20/20 (0.19). On Fox, UFL (0.09) underwhelmed. The CW aired more encores of Penn & Teller (0.03) and Masters of Illusion (0.02/0.04). Key: (R) = repeat. 

Friday TV Ratings 5/16/25: Shark Tank Rises for Mark Cuban’s Final Episode, SWAT Slightly Rebounds but Stays Low for Series Finale, Real Time with Bill Maher Hits Series Low [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On the night of Mark Cuban's final episode, ABC's Shark Tank (0.28, +0.03) climbed higher, but 20/20 (0.17) dropped noticeably from there. On NBC, Grosse Pointe Garden Society (0.15, +0.03) was up for its finale. CBS's SWAT (0.19, +0.04) was also up for its series finale, but the drama fell behind The Greatest @Home Videos (0.24). Fox was up from last week with UFL (0.12). Encores of Penn & Teller (0.04) and Masters of Illusion (0.03/0.03) aired on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale. 

Friday TV Ratings 1/3/25: RuPaul’s Drag Race Beats Happy’s Place and Most Broadcast Offerings in Premiere, The Way Home Returns Higher, 20/20 Leads Broadcast [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: In its first episode of 2025, NBC sitcom Happy's Place (0.22, -0.03) dropped to its lowest rating since mid-November, and Lopez vs. Lopez (0.17, 0.00) could only tie its last installment. On ABC, a repeat of High Potential (0.26) beat out NBC's originals, and an original 20/20 (0.28) was the top program of the night on network television. The Greatest @Home Videos (0.17) matched last week's rating on CBS, as did Inside the NFL (0.05, 0.00) on the CW. College basketball (0.20) was passable on Fox. Key: (R) = repeat.

Friday TV Ratings 9/27/24: Dateline NBC Soars, College Football on ESPN Easily Leads, Greatest @HomeVideos Special and Doctor Odyssey Repeat Solid [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: NBC's Dateline (0.35, +0.14) soared on Friday night, putting it well above ABC's 20/20 (0.21, +0.04) in the Adults 18-49 demographic. On CBS, The Greatest @HomeVideos (0.24) found itself in a tie with an encore of the Doctor Odyssey pilot (0.24). College football on Fox (0.38) topped broadcast. The CW aired original episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.07/0.08) and Inside the NFL (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.