Friday TV Ratings 1/31/25: SWAT Returns to New Series Low in New Time Slot, Fire Country Also Returns Down, Happy’s Place and Lopez vs Lopez Jump [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On CBS, dramas Fire Country (0.30, -0.03) and SWAT (0.24, -0.10) both dropped in their winter returns, with SWAT in particular sinking to a new low. Earlier in the night, a special about the Grammy Awards (0.20) did not impress. NBC had far better luck as Happy's Place (0.31, +0.09) and Lopez vs Lopez (0.28, +0.11) zoomed past their previous installments, and Dateline (0.22, 0.00) held flat in the 9 p.m. slot. Shark Tank (0.30, -0.02) and 20/20 (0.20, -0.04) slipped on ABC. Fox's college basketball telecast (0.31) put up a strong rating. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.08, 0.00) and Masters of Illusion (0.08, 0.00) tied their week-ago premieres on the CW.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Happy's Place	0.31	5	3.52	NBC
	College Basketball: IN v. Purdue	0.31	5	1.45	Fox
	Shark Tank	0.30	4	3.00	ABC
	Inside the 67th Annual Grammy Awards	0.20	3	2.13	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.08	1	0.60	CW
8:30 PM	Lopez vs Lopez	0.28	4	2.30	NBC
9 PM	Fire Country	0.30	4	3.80	CBS
	Dateline NBC	0.22	3	2.24	NBC
	20/20	0.20	3	2.32	ABC
	Masters of Illusion	0.08	1	0.49	CW
10 PM	SWAT	0.24	4	3.14	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.51	1.58
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.31	4.09
NBA: Nuggets v. 76ers	ESPN	0.28	1.12
Hannity	Fox News	0.21	3.12
RuPaul's Drag Race	MTV	0.18	0.46
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.17	1.11
NewsNight	CNN	0.16	0.93
Untucked	MTV	0.14	0.29
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.14	0.94
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.11	0.58
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.09	2.00
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.07	1.30
The Way Home	Hallmark	0.06	0.62
Unrivaled: Laces v. Lunar Owls	TNT	0.05	0.19
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Disney	0.04	0.12
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.04	0.66
Unrivaled: Phantom v. Rose	TNT	0.03	0.14
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Disney	0.03	0.10