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Friday Ratings: CBS and Fox Share Prime Time Leadership

FRIDAY 3/04/2022
Fast Affiliate Data (time period based)

Total Viewers:
CBS: 4.57 million, ABC: 3.47, NBC: 2.65, Fox: 2.14, CW: 747,000

Adults 18-49:
Fox: 0.5 rating/5 share, ABC and CBS: 0.4/ 3 each, NBC: 0.3/ 3, CW: 0.1/ 1

CBS again takes the total viewer crown on Friday night, courtesy of airing TV’s two most-watched programs in prime time: “Blue Bloods” (Viewers: 5.64 million — #1 from 10-11 p.m.; A18-49: 0.4 rating/ 4 share — #1) and its preceding show, “Magnum P.I.” (Viewers: 4.68 million — #1 from 9-10 p.m.; A18-49: 0.3/ 3 — #3t).

At 8 p.m., ABC’s one-hour “20/20” special entitled “Putin’s War: The Battle to Save Ukraine” led the hour in total viewers with 4.41 million; it also posted a 0.4 rating and 4 share in the adults 18-49 demographic (#2 from 8-9 p.m.).

Also airing within the 8-9 p.m. hour were CBS’ “Undercover Boss” (Viewers: 3.39 million — #2 from 8-9 p.m.; A18-49: 0.4/ 3 — #3) and NBC’s “The Blacklist” (Viewers: 2.57 million — #3 from 8-9 p.m.; A18-49: 0.3/ 2 — #4).

In the battle of the newsmagazines, ABC’s “20/20” (Viewers: 3.00 million — #2 from 9-11 p.m.; A18-49: 0.4/ 3 — #2) bested NBC’s “Dateline” (Viewers: 2.69 million — #3 from 9-11 p.m.; A18-49: 0.3/ 3 — #3t).

In its season finale, The CW’s “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (Viewers: #5, 0.86 million; A18-49: #5, 0.1/ 1) perked up from its previous two Friday night telecasts. Two reruns of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” followed.

And finally, “WWE Friday Night SmackDown” was at typical fast affiliate levels — enough for Fox to win the night in the key 18-49 demo, as indicated in the averaged above.

UPDATED 3/09/2022: What follows are the Live + Three Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Friday, March 4:

20/20 Putin’s War: The Battle to Save Ukraine (S) (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 4.611 million viewers, 0.48 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 4.723 million viewers, 0.50 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.112 million viewers (+2%), +0.02 adults 18-49 rating (+5%)

20/20 (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.076 million viewers, 0.39 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 4.050 million viewers, 0.55 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.974 million viewers (+32%), +0.16 adults 18-49 rating (+42%)

Undercover Boss (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.505 million viewers, 0.41 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.935 million viewers, 0.47 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.430 million viewers (+12%), +0.07 adults 18-49 rating (+16%)

Magnum P.I. (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 4.875 million viewers, 0.35 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 6.628 million viewers, 0.56 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.753 million viewers (+36%), +0.20 adults 18-49 rating (+57%)

Blue Bloods (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.896 million viewers, 0.43 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 9.047 million viewers, 0.67 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +3.151 million viewers (+53%), +0.24 adults 18-49 rating (+57%)

The Blacklist (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.717 million viewers, 0.31 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 4.090 million viewers, 0.46 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.373 million viewers (+51%), +0.15 adults 18-49 rating (+49%)

Dateline Friday (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.769 million viewers, 0.37 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.706 million viewers, 0.52 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.937 million viewers (+34%), +0.15 adults 18-49 rating (+40%)

WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.261 million viewers, 0.59 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.485 million viewers, 0.66 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.224 million viewers (+10%), +0.08 adults 18-49 rating (+13%)

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.853 million viewers, 0.10 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.988 million viewers, 0.12 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.135 million viewers (+16%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+12%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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