Friday Ratings: Lopez Hits Season High, Fire Country Leads Night in Audience With Blue Bloods Gone

Catching up on Friday’s TV ratings, CBS’ Fire Country was the night’s most-watched program and tied for the demo win.

NBC | With decidedly weaker competition in the 8 o’clock hour this week, Happy’s Place (3.5 million total viewers, 0.3 rating) rose to its second-largest audience to date, while also ticking up in the demo. Heading into this week’s finale, Lopez vs. Lopez hit a season high in audience (2.3 mil) while steady in the demo with a 0.3.

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CBS | Leading out of some Grammys walk-up special (which delivered half of SWAT‘s usual 8 o’clock audience), Fire Country (3.8 mil/0.3) returned to a season low in audience. The relocated SWAT (3.1 mil/0.2) in turn hit season lows on both counts. Starting this Friday, NCIS: Sydney Season 2 opens CBS’ Friday slate.

ABC | Shark Tank (3 mil/0.3) was steady.

THE CW | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (600K/0.1) and Masters of Illusion (494K/0.1) each lost a few eyaballs.

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