CBS won overall viewership on Friday thanks to airings of “SWAT,” “Fire Country” and “Blue Bloods.”
Fox claimed another ratings win with “Friday Night SmackDown”, according to Nielsen’s official Live Plus data from the same day. Just like last week, the network won the coveted demo 18-49 with a score of 0.52 for the live sports event, which aired for two hours and attracted 2.2 million viewers.
Meanwhile, CBS won overall average viewership for the night, thanks to its processions “SWAT,” “Fire Country” and “Blue Bloods.” The network attracted an average total viewership of 5.2 million, with “Blue Bloods” winning the night in viewership across the network and the hour with 5.9 million.
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Here’s how primetime broke down across the major broadcast networks:
After Fox, CBS was second in ratings, with 0.43 in demos. At 8 p.m., the broadcast of “SWAT” garnered an average of 4.4 million viewers, as well as a 0.4 in ratings. An hour later, “Fire Country” raised the temperature with 0.45 in ratings and an overall average viewership of 5.3 million. The 10 p.m. finale was an episode of “Blue Bloods”, which received 0.45 in the demo.
ABC was second in overall average viewership, which was also third in ratings. The network scored 0.35 in the main demo and attracted an average total audience of 2.8 million. “Shark Tank” closed the deal with 0.48 in demos and 3.3 million viewers on ABC’s long-running primetime news program, “20/20”, receiving 0.28 in ratings and 2.4 million total viewers on average.
NBC was fourth in ratings with 0.31, and third with 2.3 million overall average viewers. The game show “Capital One College Bowl” competed for 0.24 in ratings and 1.7 million overall average viewers. An hour later, an episode of “Dateline” at 9 p.m. garnered 0.34 in the demo and 2.5 million overall average viewers.
As previously mentioned, Fox ranked fourth in total viewership for their “Friday Night SmackDown”. The CW was in fifth place in both ratings and viewership, with 0.09 in demos and 649,000 viewers respectively. At 8 p.m. there was a new episode of “Penn and Teller: Fool Us”, which garnered 0.09 in ratings and an overall average viewership of 741,000. 9 p.m., “Whose Line Is Anywhere?” broadcast of. The demo was sketched by 0.1 and an average of 603,000 spectators. Finishing at 9:30 pm was an episode of the episode, which received 0.09 in ratings and a total average viewership of 512,000.
Among Spanish-language networks, Univision was in the first demo with 0.4 and a total of 1.4 million viewers in primetime. “La Herencia, un legado de amor”, which aired from 8 pm to 9 pm, received a 0.4 demo rating and 1.6 million total viewers. “Los Ricos Tambien Loran” received a total of 1.4 million viewers on demos 0.4 and 9. The night ended with a new episode of “La Madras”, which aired 0.4 in demos from 10 to 11 pm and totaled 1.2 million. audience on average.
Telemundo came in second place in the demo with an average of 0.2 and a total of 888,000 viewers. Running from 7 pm to 9 pm, “Exatlón Estados Unidos” garnered a 0.2 demo rating and a total of 844,000 viewers. This was followed by a new episode of “La Reina del Sur”, which earned a 0.3 demo rating and a total of 1 million viewers from 9 to 10. “El Fuego del Destino” closed the night with a 0.2 demo rating and a total audience of 711,000. 10 to 11 o’clock
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