Ratings Analysis: College football on Fox (0.68) was once more the top-rated broadcast on Friday night. NBC's Dateline (0.25, -0.10) lost a full tenth after surging last week. ABC's 20/20 (0.17, -0.04) also declined. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.06/0.06) was down from last week on the CW, but Inside the NFL (0.03, 0.00) held steady. CBS aired repeats of Survivor (0.21) and The Summit (0.16). Key: (R) = repeat.
Ratings Analysis: Fox's Illinois/Nebraska college football game (1.05) was the top-rated program on an otherwise quiet Friday night. On CBS, Secret Celebrity Renovation (0.23) was up from its last airing (0.16), while Lingo (0.17, 0.00) matched its week-ago installment for its finale. On ABC, 20/20 (0.17) got no help from a low-rated repeat of High Potential (0.15). NBC's Dateline (0.21) built on the rerun of AGT (0.19) that led into it. The NASCAR Xfinity: Food City 300 (0.12) brought some life back to the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (P) = premiere. (F) = finale.
Ratings Analysis: In its final Fox broadcast, WWE Smackdown (0.45, -0.08) slipped but maintained its lead. On NBC, the 2024 Paris Paralympics (0.16) remained a poor performer, dropping once more from its America's Got Talent repeat lead-in (0.23). ABC's 20/20 (0.26) built significantly on the repeat of Shark Tank (0.18) that led into it. Let's Make a Deal Primetime (0.21, +0.01) inched up on CBS, but Lingo (0.15, -0.04) declined. The CW aired the premiere of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.05/0.05), Totally Funny Animals (0.05, +0.02), and Totally Funny Kids (0.04, 0.00). Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 6/7/24. Items of note include College Baseball on ESPN, Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, and the season premiere of Power Book II: Ghost on Starz.
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Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 5/26/23. Items of note include the season finale of Power Book II: Ghost on Starz, Pardon the Interruption on ESPN, and The Five on Fox News.
Note: Click the name of any show with its title in purple or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)