TV Ratings: SmackDown Slips But Ties Dateline For Friday Demo Win

In the latest TV ratings, Fox's Friday Night SmackDown this week slipped to its first sub-2 million audience (1.8 mil) since Christmas Eve (when it drew 1.97 mil), while dipping to its lowest demo rating (0.4) since at least September. At least.[pmc_inline_gallery]

That said, on this quiet-ish Friday it still managed to tie Dateline for the nightly demo win, while the NBC newsmagazine (3.8 mil/0.4) easily copped Friday's largest audience.

Leading into Dateline, NBC's already-renewed The Blacklist drew its largest audience of the season since moving to Fridays (3.1 mil) while steady in the demo (0.3).

Elsewhere, CBS' Come Dance With Me (2.2 mil/0.3) ticked up in Week 2... and ABC's Bucks/Bulls NBA playoff coverage averaged 1.7 mil/0.3.

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