NBC’s “Dateline” competed with Fox’s WWE “Friday Night SmackDown” for the Friday Night Ratings Championship belt. While Fox, unsurprisingly, scored in the dominant 18-49 demographic, it was NBC that took home the top average total viewership with 2.5 million.
The latest WWE matchup fought its way to a 0.5 demo rating and 2.2 million total viewers, the second largest viewership for the brand since July of this year. It comes on the heels of last week, when “SmackDown” garnered its biggest total audience ever, with 2.4 million tuning in in one year.
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The latest episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” also grabbed viewers’ attention, also managing to secure a total of 2.5 million viewers. However, the network’s average was pulled down slightly to 2.3 million for a new episode of “20/20”, meaning ABC came in in second place for average total viewers.
Here’s how all the primetime breaks between the major broadcasters:
According to official Live Plus Same-Day Nielsen data, Fox ranked first in ratings airing on primetime with an average of 0.5 ratings in major demos, while NBC was first in total viewers. ,
ABC and NBC finished second in ratings with an average of 0.3 in demos. ABC was in second place with an average of 2.4 million in total viewers, while Fox was in third place with an average of 2.2 million.
On NBC, the Capital One “College Bowl” garnered between 0.2 and 1.8 million total viewers at 8 p.m.
For ABC, “Shark Tank” received a 0.3 demo rating and at 8 p.m. “20/20” managed 2.5 million total viewers with a 0.2 demo rating and 2.3 million total viewers at 9.
CBS ranked fourth in ratings, with an average of 0.2 in demos and 2.1 million in total viewers. “Secret Celebrity Renovation” aired at 8 p.m. to a 0.2 demo rating and 2.3 million total viewers; At 9 p.m., CBS previewed its fall lineup, which received 0.2 in the demo and 1.8 million total viewers. A special re-telecast of “Young Sheldon” at 9:30 took home a 0.2 demo rating and 1.6 million total viewers, and a re-telecast of “Blue Bloods” took between 0.2 and 2.3 million total viewers in the final hour of primetime. was broadcast.
The demo averaged 0.0 with The CW being fifth in ratings and with an average of 172,000 in total viewers. “Killer Camp” received between 0.0 and 160,000 total viewers at 8 pm, while “Dynasty” had between 0.0 and 185,000 total viewers at 9 pm.
Neither Fox nor The CW air primetime programming at 10 p.m.
