Friday TV Ratings 8/15/25: The Rainmaker Modest in Premiere, Stand Up to Cancer Draws Minimal Interest Across Big Four as ABC Tops Coverage, WWE SmackDown Slides [+ Analysis]

Four of the five major broadcast networks aired Stand Up to Cancer on Friday night, and ABC's broadcast (0.19) easily led the way. NBC (0.09) came in a distant second, with Fox (0.08) and CBS (0.07) close behind. Later in the night, NBC's Dateline encore (0.10) was a notch above ABC's 20/20 repeat (0.08). CBS's Fire Country rerun (0.09) beat Fox's MasterChef (0.06) repeat. The CW aired repeats of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.03) and Totally Funny Animals (0.03/0.02). Key: (R) = repeat.

Saturday TV Ratings 8/19/23: Stand Up to Cancer Weak Amid NFL Preseason Preemptions, Great Chocolate Showdown Steady, 48 Hours Repeat Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The 2023 'Stand Up to Cancer' telecast was abysmal all-around on Saturday evening. ABC (0.12) got the highest rating out of the 'Cancer' special, with CBS (0.10) close behind. NBC (0.08) and Fox (0.07) were unable to even cross the 0.1 threshold with their showings. ABC followed the special with reruns of 'Shark Tank' (0.12/0.13). CBS was a step above with encores of '48 Hours' (0.14/0.17). NBC re-ran 'America's Got Talent' (0.10), while Fox went with a 'MasterChef' repeat (0.08). The CW's 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.05, 0.00) was steady and led into 'Recipe For Disaster' (0.04/0.03). 'Disaster' was stable at 9 but dipped by a hundredth for the 9:30 p.m. episode. 

Finals Update: 'Stand Up to Cancer' on ABC (-0.1), CBS (-0.2), Fox (-0.3), and NBC (-0.4) adjusted down. Both episodes of 'Recipe for Disaster' (-0.1 each) adjusted down. Finally, repeats of 'Shark Tank' (-0.1 each), '48 Hours' (-0.3, -0.2), 'America's Got Talent' (-0.3), and 'Masterchef' (-0.2) all adjusted down.

Saturday TV Ratings 8/21/21: Stand Up To Cancer Low on NFL-Preempted Night (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: A 'Stand Up To Cancer' charity special garnered a 0.4 on ABC and Fox and a 0.3 on CBS and NBC, creating a combined total of a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic. In the 9pm slot, a repeat of Fox's 'Hell's Kitchen' (0.5) topped the hour overall, with encores of ABC's 'Shark Tank' (0.4), CBS's 'NCIS: New Orleans' (0.3), and NBC's 'America's Got Talent' (0.3) failing to reach the level of 'Hell's'. At 10, CBS's '48 Hours' (0.3) and ABC's 'The Good Doctor' (0.3) tied in the demo, but '48' beat it out by close to a million viewers. 

Finals Update: Stand Up to Cancer on ABC (-0.3), CBS (-0.1), NBC (-0.2) and Fox (-0.3) and repeats of Hell's Kitchen (-0.3), Shark Tank (-0.3), NCIS: New Orleans (-0.2), America's Got Talent (-0.2), 48 Hours (-0.1) and The Good Doctor (-0.2) adjusted down.