Friday TV Ratings 11/26/21: 5 More Sleeps ’Til Christmas and Trolls Holiday in Harmony Modest in Premieres, The Grinch and Frosty Drop from 2020 (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The major broadcast networks once more used Black Friday to showcase the various Christmas and holiday specials that they have the rights to air. 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' (0.58) led the way as it often does, with the NBC broadcast of it eclipsing Fox's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.57, +0.05) by just a single hundredth. When compared to 2020, 'Grinch' was down a little more than a tenth (0.7). Newcomers '5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas' (0.40) and 'Trolls Holiday in Harmony' (0.35) were unable to stir up much fanfare. 'An SNL Christmas' (0.40) posted a rather solid result by 10pm standards. On CBS, 'Frosty the Snowman' (0.49) and 'Frosty Returns' (0.39) were also about a tenth shy of what they managed one year prior (0.6/0.5). Reruns of 'Magnum PI' (0.29) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.30) filled out the latter-half of the night. ABC's showing of 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' (0.42) took a bigger hit than the others, falling by two-tenths from its November 2020 telecast (0.6). At 9, an episode of '20/20' (0.36, -0.66) centered on the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial was a far cry from the week-ago 'Turpin family' installment (1.02). The CW's 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' (0.09) was at less than half of what it posted in 2020 (0.2). Nonetheless, the special matched its 'Masters of Illusion' lead-in (0.09).

Finals Update: 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' (+0.1), 'Frosty the Snowman' (+0.1), 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town!' (+0.1), '5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas' (+0.1), 'WWE SmackDown' (+0.1), '20/20' (+0.1), and 'Trolls Holiday in Harmony' (+0.1) adjusted up.

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Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers     (In Millions)
8:00pm	America’s Got Talent (R) (NBC)	0.8	4.80
	Shark Tank (R) (ABC)	0.7	3.71
	MacGyver (R) (CBS)	0.5	4.05
	MasterChef (R) (FOX)	0.5	1.38
	Masters of Illusion (CW)	0.2	0.95
8:30pm	Masters of Illusion (CW)	0.2	0.88
9:00pm	What Would You Do? (ABC)	0.8	3.77
	Hawaii Five-0 (R) (CBS)	0.5	4.61
	Beat Shazam (R) (FOX)	0.4	1.22
	Riverdale (R) (CW)	0.1	0.43
10:00pm	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.9	5.14
	Blue Bloods (R) (CBS)	0.6	5.50
	20/20 (ABC)	0.6	3.16

(R) = repeat

Finals Update: 'What Would You Do?' (0.8) adjusted up.

ABC's 'What Would You Do?' (0.7) dropped two-tenths from its two-week ago premiere. Nevertheless, it's still a digestible number for Fridays. 'What Would You Do?' led out of a solid repeat of Sunday-bound Shark Tank (0.7) and led into a really low '20/20' (0.6). '20/20' lost head-on to a Dateline original on NBC (0.9), though 'Dateline' did have a stronger lead-in with an 'AGT' repeat (0.8).

CBS had drama repeats (0.5/0.6/0.6) while Fox had more reality encores (0.5/0.4).

The CW had more original Masters of Illusion (0.2/0.2). It was steady with last week and even on a year-to-year basis. It led into a low Riverdale repeat (0.1). 

TV Ratings 6/30/17: 20/20 Inches Down, Masters of Illusion Starts Well (UPDATED)

Friday Ratings

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers          (In Millions)
8:00pm	America’s Got Talent (R) (NBC)	0.8	4.15
	Shark Tank (R) (ABC)	0.7	3.58
	MacGyver (R) (CBS)	0.5	4.07
	MasterChef (R) (FOX)	0.4	1.32
	Masters of Illusion (P) (CW)	0.2	1.00
8:30pm	Masters of Illusion (CW)	0.2	0.92
9:00pm	What Would You Do? (R) (ABC)	0.7	3.29
	Hawaii Five-0 (R) (CBS)	0.6	4.95
	Beat Shazam (R) (FOX)	0.4	1.30
	Riverdale (R) (CW)	0.1	0.46
10:00pm	20/20 (ABC)	0.8	4.15
	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.7	4.07
	Blue Bloods (R) (CBS)	0.6	5.29

(R) = repeat
(P) = premiere

Finals Update: The premiere of Masters of Illusion (0.2/0.2) and a repeat of Riverdale (0.1) adjusted down on The CW. A Blue Bloods repeat (0.6) adjusted up on CBS.

ABC's 20/20 (0.8) lost two-tenths from last week but was still the #1 original program of the night. It also beat NBC's Dateline (0.7) head-on. The latter was also down two-tenths from last week. 20/20 had less help this week as it led out of repeats of Shark Tank (0.7) and What Would You Do? (0.7). Dateline led out of a repeat of America's Got Talent (0.8), the latter was the top program of the night.

CBS had drama repeats (0.5/0.6/0.5) while Fox had reality show repeats (0.4/0.4).

The CW had the premiere of Masters of Illusion (0.3/0.3). It was exactly even with its year-ago premiere. It led into the second episode of a summer-long Riverdale repeat marathon (0.2).

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