Fox has claimed another ratings victory with “Friday Night Smackdown,” per Nielsen’s official live plus same-day data. Just like last week, the network won in the coveted 18-49 demo with a score of 0.52 for the live sports event, which aired for two hours and drew 2.2 million viewers.
Meanwhile, CBS won in total average viewership for the night, thanks to its procedurals “S.W.A.T.,” “Fire Country” and “Blue Bloods.” The network drew 5.2 million total average viewers, with “Blue Bloods” winning the night in viewership across networks and hours with 5.9 million.
Here’s how primetime broke down across the major broadcast networks:
After Fox, CBS was second in ratings, with 0.43