Friday TV Ratings: ‘Shark Tank’ & CBS Crime Dramas Split the Night
The sharks were circling on Friday night’s broadcast television with ABC’s long-running Shark Tank coming out ahead for the night in the 18-49 demo with a 0.8 rating.
But with total viewers, the night belonged to CBS with MacGyver, Magnum P.I. (officially taking over Hawaii Five-0‘s time slot), and a rerun of Blue Bloods all winning their time slots with total viewers. Magnum P.I. also won its hour in the 18-49 demo.
Given the interest in the coronavirus, news programs continue to do well with NBC’s Dateline and a two hour block of ABC’s 20/20 pulling in around 3.5 million total viewers.
Here’s the breakdown for Friday, April 10, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based)
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 ratings | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Shark Tank (ABC) | 0.8 | 4.82 |
| MacGyver (CBS) | 0.7 | 6.37 | |
| The Blacklist (NBC) | 0.7 | 4.83 | |
| WWE Smackdown (Fox) | 0.6 | 2.30 | |
| Charmed (CW) | 0.2 | 727,000 | |
| 9 p.m. | Magnum P.I. (CBS) | 0.7 | 7.21 |
| 20/20 (ABC) | 0.6 | 3.51 | |
| The Blacklist – R (NBC) | 0.5 | 3.28 | |
| Dynasty (CW) | 0.1 | 384,000 | |
| 10 p.m. | 20/20 (ABC) | 0.6 | 3.48 |
| Dateline (NBC) | 0.6 | 3.43 | |
| Blue Bloods – R (CBS) | 0.4 | 5.55 |
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