Friday TV Ratings 8/7/26: Anna Pigeon Off to Solid Start Behind Surging WWE SmackDown, Big Brother: Unlocked Leads Broadcast, Nation’s Dumbest Repeat Solid [+ Analysis]

Big Brother: Unlocked (0.21, 0.00) was steady on CBS, and pulled slightly ahead of a Celebrity Jeopardy! repeat (0.20) on ABC. NBC aired reruns of America's Got Talent (0.16) and Dateline (0.17), which were on par with Fox repeats of MasterChef (0.16) and Nation's Dumbest (0.17). Totally Funny Animals (0.02, 0.00) matched last week's ratings on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Friday TV Ratings 6/26/26: World Cup Declines but Continues to Easily Lead, Dateline Strong, NHL Draft Up from 2025 [+ Analysis]

A diminished FIFA World Cup broadcast (1.81) was still easily in the lead on Friday night, meaning Fox was once again on top. On NBC, Dateline (0.24, +0.09) surged, building on the repeat of America's Got Talent (0.18) that led into it. ABC aired a Celebrity Jeopardy! rerun (0.19) and 20/20 (0.19). CBS went with repeats of Sheriff Country (0.21), Fire Country (0.13), and Boston Blue (0.12). On the CW, an encore presentation of the Taylor Swift documentary Taylor (0.01) posted the same rating it did in its initial airing (0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.

Friday TV Ratings 6/12/26: USA/Paraguay World Cup Game Enormous, Toy Story: 30 Years & Beyond Solid, Sheriff Country Repeat Out-Rates Several Originals [+ Analysis]

Fox's broadcast of the USA v. Paraguay FIFA World Cup game posted an enormous 5.92 in the Adults 18-49 demographic, which easily put the network in first place on Friday night. On ABC, the special Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond (0.24) performed well, but it fell behind a surprisingly strong repeat of CBS's Sheriff Country (0.25). Dateline (0.17, -0.02) declined on NBC. On the CW, the 9 p.m. episode of Totally Funny Animals (0.03, +0.02) was up from last week's premiere, and the series gained even more ground at 9:30 (0.06, +0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.

Friday TV Ratings 3/21/25: March Madness Declines from Opening Day, Happy’s Place Sinks to New Series Low for Finale, Shark Tank Also Drops [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: CBS's March Madness coverage (0.79/0.66) was down markedly from Thursday (1.42/0.94), but the network still topped broadcast on Friday night. That clearly took a toll on the other networks, as NBC's Happy's Place (0.20, -0.10) lost a full tenth on finale night and set a new series low. ABC mainstays Shark Tank (0.20, -0.11) and 20/20 (0.17, -0.11) dropped in a similar manner, but Dateline (0.21, 0.00) was surprisingly resilient. Penn & Teller (0.04, 0.00) and Masters of Illusion (0.04, 0.00) were also steady on the CW. Fox got nothing out of its NASCAR broadcast (0.13). Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Friday Cable Ratings 2/9/24: Power Book III: Raising Kanan Sinks for Finale, RuPaul’s Drag Race and On Patrol: Live Rise, The Five Tops Cable News

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 2/9/24. Items of note include Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, RuPaul's Drag Race on MTV, and the season finale of Power Book III: Raising Kanan on Starz.

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.)