Friday Ratings: ‘Shark Tank’ Concludes for the Season; Minimal Audience Interest Across the Night

Friday, May 20, 2022

Total Viewers:
ABC: 3.03 million, NBC: 2.60, CBS: 2.52, Fox: 2.00, CW: 276,000

Adults 18-49:
Fox: 0.4 rating/4 share, ABC: 0.4/ 3, NBC: 0.3/ 3, CBS: 0.2/ 2, CW: 0.0/ 0

In season finale news was ABC’s “Shark Tank”, which closed with 3.38 million (#1 for the night) and a 0.4 rating/5 share in adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. Needless to say, there is not much you can say with the most-watched show of the evening in just over 3-million viewers.

“Shark Tank” led into “20/20” (Viewers: #1, 2.86 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.3/ 3 from 9-11 p.m.), which had a slight viewer advantage over NBC’s competing “Dateline” (#3, 2.59 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.3/ 3).

At 8 p.m. on NBC was tired “The Blacklist” (Viewers: #2, 2.62 million; A18-49: #3t, 0.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.), which was neck and neck with failed CBS competition series “Come Dance With Me” (Viewers: #2, 2.54 million; A18-49: #3t, 0.2/ 2). “Come Dance With Me” led into repeats of canceled “Magnum P.I.” and “Blue Bloods”, which will head into season 13 next fall.

Elsewhere, Fox featured “WWE Friday Night Smackdown!” See network averages above. And The CW dramas “Charmed” (Viewers: 345,000; A18-49: 0.1/ 1 at 8 p.m.) and “Dynasty” (Viewers: 208,000; A18-49: 0.0/ 0 at 9 p.m.) earned their cancellation stripes. The overall observation: snore!