Friday TV Ratings: ‘Blue Bloods’ Returns Down But Still Scores a Win

Meredith Jacobs December 5, 2020, 11:28 am

Blue Bloods Season 11 Premiere Danny Reagan Maria Baez — Patrick Harbron/CBS

Both Shark Tank and the Blue Bloods premiere took home top honors for Friday, in the key demo and total viewers, respectively. Shark Tank (0.6 rating) was steady with its last outing. Meanwhile, 6.3 million tuned in to the CBS procedural, but that’s down from last season’s finale.

Elsewhere on the night, the other drama premieres, MacGyver and Magnum P.I., also returned down.

Here’s the breakdown for Friday, December 4, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	Shark Tank (ABC)	0.6	3.9
	MacGyver (CBS)	0.5	4.8
	The Voice (NBC)	0.3	2.3
	WWE Friday Night Smackdown (Fox)	0.5	2.1
	The Hollywood Christmas Parade Greatest Moments (CW)	0.1	611,000
9:00 p.m.	20/20 (ABC)	0.5	3.4
	Magnum P.I. (CBS)	0.5	5.4
	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.4	2.9
	WWE Friday Night Smackdown (Fox)	0.5	2.0
	The Hollywood Christmas Parade Greatest Moments (CW)	0.1	564,000
10 p.m.	20/20 (ABC)	0.5	3.4
	Blue Bloods (CBS)	0.5	6.3
	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.4	3.0