Friday Ratings: Quiet Season-Ending Tally for NBC’s ‘The Blacklist’: Minimal Interest on the Broadcast Nets Overall

Friday, May 27, 2022  

Total Viewers:
CBS: 2.56 million, NBC: 2.41, ABC: 2.00, Fox: 1.78, CW: 502,000

Adults 18-49:
Fox: 0.4 rating/4 share, NBC: 0.3/ 2, ABC and CBS: 0.2/ 2 each, CW: 0.1/ 1

In season finale news was NBC’s “The Blacklist”, which barely registered at 2.70 million viewers (#1) and a 0.2 rating/2 share in adults 18-49 (#2t) in the Friday 8 p.m. ET. Opposite it was ABC special “Together As One: Celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage – A Soul of a Nation Presents” at 1.81 million viewers (#4) and a 0.2/ 2 in the demo (#2t).

In the battle of the low-rated Friday 9-11 p.m. newsmagazines, NBC’s “Dateline” (Viewers: #2, 2.27 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.3/ 3) had a slight advantage over “20/20” on ABC (Viewers: #3, 2.10 million; A18-49: #3t, 0.2/ 2).

Elsewhere, CBS competition series “Come Dance With Me” (Viewers: #2, 2.26 million; A18-49: #2t, 0.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.) is about to dance into oblivion. It led into encore telecasts of canceled “Magnum P.I.” and veteran “Blue Bloods.” “WWE Smackdown” was below average on Fox. See the network averages above. And The CW featured canceled “Charmed” (Viewers: 544,000; A18-49: 0.1/ 1 at 8 p.m.) and “Dynasty” (Viewers: 459,000; A8-49: 0.0/ 0 at 9 p.m.). Both reboot dramas should have have made it past season one.