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Friday Ratings: CBS and Fox Share Modest Dominance

FRIDAY FAST AFFILIATE RATINGS

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Friday, December 17, 2021
Fast Affiliate Ratings

Total Viewers: 
CBS: 2.73 million, ABC: 2.65, NBC: 2.27, Fox: 2.21, CW: 664,000

Adults 18-49:
Fox: 0.5 rating/4 share, ABC and NBC: 0.3/ 3 each, CBS: 0.2/ 2, CW: 0.1/ 1

‘Tis the season for holiday specials, leftovers and encore telecasts, which is why the most-watched network, CBS, could only muster 2.73 million viewers. The Eye net featured two episodes of time period filler “Greatest #AtHome Videos”, which averaged 2.54 million viewers (#2) and a 0.2 rating/2 share in the Friday 8-10 p.m. ET block. That led into a repeat of “Blue Bloods” at 10 p.m.

Fox’s victory in adults 18-49 (if you can call a 0.5 rating a “victory”) was a result, of course, of “WWE Friday Night Smackdown!”

Elsewhere, ABC featured “Shark Tank” (Viewers: #1 for the night; A18-49: #2, 0.4/ 4 at 8 p.m.) and a repeat of “20/20.” NBC populated the night with animated 2016 film “Sing” (Viewers: #3, 2.22; A18-49: #2t, 0.3/ 3 from 8-10 p.m.) and a one-hour edition of “Dateline” (Viewers: #2, 2.39 million; A18-49: #3, 0.2/ 2 at 10 p.m.). And The CW featured the annual “Hollywood Christmas Parade.” See network averages above.

UPDATED 12/22/2021: What follows are the Live + Three Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Thursday, December 17:

Shark Tank (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.669 million viewers, 0.48 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 4.231 million viewers, 0.61 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.562 million viewers (+15%), +0.13 adults 18-49 rating (+28%)

20/20 (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.318 million viewers, 0.30 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.490 million viewers, 0.33 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.172 million viewers (+7%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+8%)

The Greatest #AtHome Videos (S) (CBS, 8:00)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.812 million viewers, 0.20 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.997 million viewers, 0.22 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.185 million viewers (+7%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+7%)

The Greatest #AtHome Videos (S) (CBS, 9:00)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.366 million viewers, 0.18 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.530 million viewers, 0.19 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.164 million viewers (+7%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+4%)

NBC Movie Special Sing (2016) (S) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.340 million viewers, 0.39 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.454 million viewers, 0.40 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.114 million viewers (+5%), +0.02 adults 18-49 rating (+4%)

Dateline Friday (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.456 million viewers, 0.32 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.778 million viewers, 0.36 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.322 million viewers (+13%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+11%)

WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.303 million viewers, 0.52 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.536 million viewers, 0.60 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.233 million viewers (+10%), +0.08 adults 18-49 rating (+15%)

Hollywood Christmas Parade (S) (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.660 million viewers, 0.07 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.698 million viewers, 0.08 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.038 million viewers (+6%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+4%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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