Friday TV Ratings 5/28/21: NBA Easily Leads, SmackDown and The Blacklist Tick Down (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: ABC's broadcast of the 'Nets v. Celtics' NBA game (0.6) topped the night and was a hair above the typical edition of 'Shark Tank'. But, the 8pm 'NBA Countdown' special (0.3) was narrowly outdone by Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.4, -0.1). Over on NBC, 'The Blacklist' (0.3) lost five hundredths from last week, with 'Dateline' (0.4) even in the 9pm slot. An encore of the week-ago 'Dick Van Dyke Show' special (0.2) posted an abysmal number on CBS. Encores of 'Magnum PI' (0.2) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.2) were unable to improve from there. The CW had a full night of 0.0s with a rerun of 'Charmed' and a steady 'Dynasty' original.

Finals Update: ABC's NBA game (0.9, +0.3), 'WWE Smackdown' (0.5, +0.1), 'The Blacklist' (0.4, +0.1), 'Dick Van Dyke' (0.3, +0.1), a repeat of 'Magnum PI' (0.3, +0.1), and 'Dynasty' (0.1, +0.1) adjusted up.

Friday TV Ratings 5/21/21: Shark Tank Ends Steady, Dick Van Dyke Show Special Weak, WWE SmackDown Ties for First (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Following last week's disappointing performance, Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.5) got back a tenth and pulled into a tie with ABC's 'Shark Tank' finale (0.5). Later in the alphabet network's evening, '20/20' (0.4) matched its previous broadcast. CBS's 'Dick Van Dyke Show' special (0.2) failed to draw in viewers but was on-par with the equally anemic Queen Elizabeth special from the week prior. 'The Blacklist' (0.3) and 'Dateline' (0.4) were flat on NBC, as were the CW's 'Charmed' (0.1) and 'Dynasty' (0.1).

Finals Update: 'Shark Tank' (0.6, +0.1), '20/20' (0.5, +0.1), 'The Blacklist' (0.4, +0.1), and the 'Dick Van Dyke' special (0.3, +0.1) adjusted up. 'Dynasty' (0.0, -0.1) adjusted down.