Schedules Plus Enhanced: CW Friday

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This post covers CW Friday. Originally home to the WWE's SmackDown! franchise, CW Friday has often been a dumping ground since then. The network infamously exiled staples Smallville and Supernatural to the night at the height of Dawn Ostroff's obsession with courting the young female demos. In 2015-16, the network saw its best Friday ratings since those shows left, moving Thursday fixture The Vampire Diaries and spin-off The Originals. See the 2023-24 Breakdown.

CW Friday: Full-fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2006-07	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	39
	2006-07	39		39	39		39		39
2007-08	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	42
	2007-08	42		42	42		42		42
2008-09	Everybody Hates Chris	The Game	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	21
	2008-09	21	25	18			18	21
	2008-09							21	25	18	18	21
	2008-09	23					23	18	18	21
2009-10	Smallville		Smallville	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	26
	2009-10	36		36	17			17	26
2010-11	Smallville		Smallville	Supernatural		Supernatural	40
	2010-11	42		42	39			39	40
2011-12	Nikita		Nikita	Supernatural		Supernatural	26
	2011-12	21		21	31			31	26
2012-13	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	Nikita		Nikita	19
	2012-13	24		24	13			13	19
2013-14	The Carrie Diaries		The Carrie Diaries	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	19
	2013-14	16		16	22			22	19
2014-15	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	23
	2014-15	25	22	22			22	23
	2014-15							25	22	22	22	23
	2014-15	23					23	22	22	23
2015-16	Reign		Reign	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	21
	2015-16	21		21	21			21	21
2016-17	The Vampire Diaries		The Vampire Diaries	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	23
	2016-17	30		30	16			16	23
2017-18	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Jane the Virgin		Jane the Virgin	21
	2017-18	20		20	22			22	21
2018-19	Dynasty		Dynasty	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	15
	2018-19	16		16	14			14	15
2019-20	Charmed		Charmed	Dynasty		Dynasty	16
	2019-20	20		20	12			12	16
2020-21	Masters of Illusion	Masters of Illusion (R)	World's Funniest Animals	World's Funniest Animals (R)	13
	2020-21	12	13	14		14	13
	2020-21						12	13	14	14	13
	2020-21	12		12		14		14	13
2021-22	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Nancy Drew		Nancy Drew	15
	2021-22	19		19	10			10	15
2022-23	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	17
	2022-23	16		16	19		17	17
	2022-23							16	16	19	17	17
	2022-23			16	16		18		18	17
2023-24	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Fboy Island		Fboy Island	14
	2023-24	18		18	9			9	14
AVERAGE:	25		25	21		21	23

UPN Friday: Full-fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	37
	1999-00	37		37	37		37		37
2000-01	Freedom		Freedom	Level 9		Level 9	19
	2000-01	21		21	17			17	19
2001-02	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	35
	2001-02	34		34	36		36		35
2002-03	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	31
	2002-03	30		30	32		32		31
2003-04	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	27
	2003-04	26		26	28		28		27
2004-05	Enterprise		Enterprise	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	26
	2004-05	32		32	21			21	26
2005-06	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	36
	2005-06	36		36	36		36		36
AVERAGE:	31		31	29		29	30

WB Friday: Full-fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	The Jamie Foxx Show	The Jamie Foxx Show (R)	The Steve Harvey Show	For Your Love	26
	1999-00	25	24	29		28	26
	1999-00						25	24	29	28	26
	1999-00	24		24		28		28	26
2000-01	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Grosse Pointe	Popular		Popular	22
	2000-01	29	20	20			20	22
	2000-01							29	20	20	20	22
	2000-01	25					25	20	20	22
2001-02	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Maybe It's Me	Reba	Raising Dad	32
	2001-02	29	27	38		32	32
	2001-02						29	27	38	32	32
	2001-02	28		28		35		35	32
2002-03	What I Like About You	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Reba	Greetings from Tucson	33
	2002-03	29	29	41		31	33
	2002-03						29	29	41	31	33
	2002-03	29		29		36		36	33
2003-04	Reba	Like Family	Grounded for Life	All About the Andersons	30
	2003-04	37	29	29		27	30
	2003-04						37	29	29	27	30
	2003-04	33		33		28		28	30
2004-05	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Reba	Blue Collar TV (R)	33
	2004-05	28	29	44		32	33
	2004-05						28	29	44	32	33
	2004-05	29		29		38		38	33
2005-06	What I Like About You	Twins	Reba	Twins	29
	2005-06	26	26	34		30	29
	2005-06						26	26	34	30	29
	2005-06	26		26		32		32	29
AVERAGE:	28		28	31		31	29

CW Friday: Fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2006-07	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	38
	2006-07	38		38	38		38		38
2007-08	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	43
	2007-08	43		43	43		43		43
2008-09	Everybody Hates Chris	The Game	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	21
	2008-09	22	24	18			18	21
	2008-09							22	24	18	18	21
	2008-09	23					23	18	18	21
2009-10	Smallville		Smallville	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	28
	2009-10	38		38	18			18	28
2010-11	Smallville		Smallville	Supernatural		Supernatural	43
	2010-11	45		45	41			41	43
2011-12	Nikita		Nikita	Supernatural		Supernatural	28
	2011-12	24		24	32			32	28
2012-13	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	Nikita		Nikita	19
	2012-13	24		24	13			13	19
2013-14	The Carrie Diaries		The Carrie Diaries	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	19
	2013-14	15		15	22			22	19
2014-15	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	23
	2014-15	29	21	22			22	23
	2014-15							29	21	22	22	23
	2014-15	25					25	22	22	23
2015-16	Reign		Reign	America's Next Top Model		America's Next Top Model	21
	2015-16	21		21	21			21	21
2016-17	The Vampire Diaries		The Vampire Diaries	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	23
	2016-17	30		30	16			16	23
2017-18	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Jane the Virgin		Jane the Virgin	21
	2017-18	20		20	23			23	21
2018-19	Dynasty		Dynasty	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	17
	2018-19	18		18	15			15	17
2019-20	Charmed		Charmed	Dynasty		Dynasty	17
	2019-20	21		21	13			13	17
2020-21	Masters of Illusion	Masters of Illusion (R)	World's Funniest Animals	World's Funniest Animals (R)	13
	2020-21	12	13	14		14	13
	2020-21						12	13	14	14	13
	2020-21	12		12		14		14	13
2021-22	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Nancy Drew		Nancy Drew	13
	2021-22	17		17	9			9	13
2022-23	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	17
	2022-23	16		16	20		16	17
	2022-23							16	16	20	16	17
	2022-23			16	16		18		18	17
2023-24	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Fboy Island		Fboy Island	14
	2023-24	19		19	9			9	14
AVERAGE:	25		25	21		21	23

UPN Friday: Fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	42
	1999-00	42		42	42		42		42
2000-01	Freedom		Freedom	Level 9		Level 9	20
	2000-01	21		21	20			20	20
2001-02	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	35
	2001-02	35		35	35		35		35
2002-03	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	29
	2002-03	28		28	30		30		29
2003-04	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	30
	2003-04	27		27	32		32		30
2004-05	Enterprise		Enterprise	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	27
	2004-05	34		34	21			21	27
2005-06	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	35
	2005-06	35		35	35		35		35
AVERAGE:	31		31	31		31	31

WB Friday: Fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	The Jamie Foxx Show	The Jamie Foxx Show (R)	The Steve Harvey Show	For Your Love	26
	1999-00	24	23	29		29	26
	1999-00						24	23	29	29	26
	1999-00	24		24		29		29	26
2000-01	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Grosse Pointe	Popular		Popular	23
	2000-01	31	20	20			20	23
	2000-01							31	20	20	20	23
	2000-01	26					26	20	20	23
2001-02	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Maybe It's Me	Reba	Raising Dad	33
	2001-02	30	27	41		33	33
	2001-02						30	27	41	33	33
	2001-02	29		29		37		37	33
2002-03	What I Like About You	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Reba	Greetings from Tucson	32
	2002-03	29	28	40		30	32
	2002-03						29	28	40	30	32
	2002-03	29		29		35		35	32
2003-04	Reba	Like Family	Grounded for Life	All About the Andersons	31
	2003-04	38	29	30		27	31
	2003-04						38	29	30	27	31
	2003-04	34		34		28		28	31
2004-05	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Reba	Blue Collar TV (R)	33
	2004-05	28	29	45		31	33
	2004-05						28	29	45	31	33
	2004-05	29		29		38		38	33
2005-06	What I Like About You	Twins	Reba	Twins	29
	2005-06	26	26	35		30	29
	2005-06						26	26	35	30	29
	2005-06	26		26		32		32	29
AVERAGE:	28		28	31		31	30

CW Friday: Winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2006-07	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	41
	2006-07	41		41	41		41		41
2007-08	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	43
	2007-08	43		43	43		43		43
2008-09	Everybody Hates Chris	The Game	13: Fear is Real		13: Fear is Real	17
	2008-09	19	23	14			14	17
	2008-09							19	23	14	14	17
	2008-09	21					21	14	14	17
2009-10	Smallville		Smallville	Smallville (R)		Smallville (R)	30
	2009-10	39		39	20			20	30
2010-11	Smallville		Smallville	Supernatural		Supernatural	38
	2010-11	38		38	39			39	38
2011-12	Nikita		Nikita	Supernatural		Supernatural	28
	2011-12	22		22	33			33	28
2012-13	Nikita		Nikita	Cult		Cult	14
	2012-13	18		18	9			9	14
2013-14	The Carrie Diaries		The Carrie Diaries	Supernatural (R)		Supernatural (R)	15
	2013-14	18		18	13			13	15
2014-15	Hart of Dixie		Hart of Dixie	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	Masters of Illusion	21
	2014-15	25		25	19		16	21
	2014-15							25	25	19	16	21
	2014-15			25	25		18		18	21
2015-16	The Vampire Diaries		The Vampire Diaries	The Originals		The Originals	29
	2015-16	30		30	27			27	29
2016-17	The Vampire Diaries		The Vampire Diaries	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	23
	2016-17	30		30	16			16	23
2017-18	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Jane the Virgin		Jane the Virgin	21
	2017-18	19		19	23			23	21
2018-19	Dynasty		Dynasty	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	15
	2018-19	17		17	14			14	15
2019-20	Charmed		Charmed	Dynasty		Dynasty	15
	2019-20	20		20	11			11	15
2020-21	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	20
	2020-21	24	22	18			18	20
	2020-21							24	22	18	18	20
	2020-21	23					23	18	18	20
2021-22	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Nancy Drew		Nancy Drew	17
	2021-22	21		21	12			12	17
2022-23	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars		Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars	16
	2022-23	19		19	14			14	16
2023-24	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	Masters of Illusion	World's Funniest Animals	16
	2023-24	18		18	13		13	16
	2023-24							18	18	13	13	16
	2023-24			18	18		13		13	16
AVERAGE:	26		26	21		21	23

UPN Friday: Winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	31
	1999-00	31		31	31		31		31
2000-01	Gary and Mike	Celebrity Deathmatch	Gary and Mike	Celebrity Deathmatch	16
	2000-01	19	16	17		13	16
	2000-01						19	16	17	13	16
	2000-01	18		18		15		15	16
2001-02	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	40
	2001-02	39		39	41		41		40
2002-03	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	29
	2002-03	29		29	29		29		29
2003-04	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	21
	2003-04	21		21	21		21		21
2004-05	Enterprise		Enterprise	The Road to Stardom (R)		The Road to Stardom (R)	21
	2004-05	28		28	14			14	21
2005-06	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	39
	2005-06	39		39	39		39		39
AVERAGE:	29		29	27		27	28

WB Friday: Winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	The Jamie Foxx Show	The Jamie Foxx Show (R)	The Steve Harvey Show	For Your Love	27
	1999-00	27	24	30		27	27
	1999-00						27	24	30	27	27
	1999-00	26		26		28		28	27
2000-01	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Popstars	Popular		Popular	26
	2000-01	32	31	21			21	26
	2000-01							32	31	21	21	26
	2000-01	31					31	21	21	26
2001-02	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Raising Dad	Reba	Maybe It's Me	28
	2001-02	30	24	35		23	28
	2001-02						30	24	35	23	28
	2001-02	27		27		29		29	28
2002-03	What I Like About You	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Reba	Greetings from Tucson	34
	2002-03	30	30	44		33	34
	2002-03						30	30	44	33	34
	2002-03	30		30		38		38	34
2003-04	Reba	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Like Family	30
	2003-04	37	29	30		24	30
	2003-04						37	29	30	24	30
	2003-04	33		33		27		27	30
2004-05	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Reba	Blue Collar TV	37
	2004-05	32	30	48		37	37
	2004-05						32	30	48	37	37
	2004-05	31		31		43		43	37
2005-06	What I Like About You	Living with Fran	Reba	Twins	29
	2005-06	25	24	36		30	29
	2005-06						25	24	36	30	29
	2005-06	24		24		33		33	29
AVERAGE:	29		29	31		31	30

CW Friday: Spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2006-07	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	38
	2006-07	38		38	38		38		38
2007-08	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	40
	2007-08	40		40	40		40		40
2008-09	Everybody Hates Chris	The Game	America's Next Top Model Spring (R)		America's Next Top Model Spring (R)	21
	2008-09	21	27	19			19	21
	2008-09							21	27	19	19	21
	2008-09	24					24	19	19	21
2009-10	Smallville		Smallville	America's Next Top Model Spring (R)		America's Next Top Model Spring (R)	23
	2009-10	31		31	16			16	23
2010-11	Smallville		Smallville	Supernatural		Supernatural	38
	2010-11	41		41	35			35	38
2011-12	Nikita		Nikita	Supernatural		Supernatural	23
	2011-12	17		17	29			29	23
2012-13	Nikita		Nikita	Cult		Cult	12
	2012-13	15		15	8			8	12
2013-14	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	Hart of Dixie		Hart of Dixie	20
	2013-14	26	22	15			15	20
	2013-14							26	22	15	15	20
	2013-14	24					24	15	15	20
2014-15	Cedric's Barber Battle	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	The Messengers		The Messengers	15
	2014-15	14	21	13			13	15
	2014-15							14	21	13	13	15
	2014-15	18					18	13	13	15
2015-16	The Vampire Diaries		The Vampire Diaries	The Originals		The Originals	24
	2015-16	26		26	23			23	24
2016-17	The Originals		The Originals	Reign		Reign	21
	2016-17	25		25	16			16	21
2017-18	Dynasty		Dynasty	Jane the Virgin		Jane the Virgin	17
	2017-18	14		14	20			20	17
2018-19	Dynasty		Dynasty	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend		Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	13
	2018-19	14		14	12			12	13
2019-20	Charmed		Charmed	Dynasty		Dynasty	15
	2019-20	20		20	10			10	15
2020-21	Charmed		Charmed	Dynasty		Dynasty	11
	2020-21	14		14	8			8	11
2021-22	Charmed		Charmed	Dynasty		Dynasty	10
	2021-22	12		12	7			7	10
2022-23	Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)		Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	The Great American Joke Off	14
	2022-23	13		13	17		11	14
	2022-23							13	13	17	11	14
	2022-23			13	13		14		14	14
2023-24	Penn and Teller: Fool Us		Penn and Teller: Fool Us	100 Days to Indy		100 Days to Indy	11
	2023-24	17		17	5			5	11
AVERAGE:	22		22	18		18	20

UPN Friday: Spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	34
	1999-00	34		34	34		34		34
2000-01	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	35
	2000-01	35		35	35		35		35
2001-02	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	27
	2001-02	26		26	28		28		27
2002-03	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	40
	2002-03	40		40	40		40		40
2003-04	Movie Night				Movie Night	Movie Night	Movie Night	27
	2003-04	27		27	27		27		27
2004-05	Enterprise		Enterprise	America's Next Top Model Fall (R)		America's Next Top Model Fall (R)	25
	2004-05	33		33	18			18	25
2005-06	Friday Night Smackdown!				Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	Friday Night Smackdown!	31
	2005-06	31		31	31		31		31
AVERAGE:	32		32	31		31	32

WB Friday: Spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
1999-00	The Jamie Foxx Show	The Steve Harvey Show		The Steve Harvey Show	For Your Love	26
	1999-00	23	29		27		26	26
	1999-00							23	29	27	26	26
	1999-00	26		26	26		26	26
2000-01	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Popstars	Popular		Popular	22
	2000-01	23	27	18			18	22
	2000-01							23	27	18	18	22
	2000-01	25					25	18	18	22
2001-02	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Raising Dad	Reba	Maybe It's Me	27
	2001-02	25	21	38		24	27
	2001-02						25	21	38	24	27
	2001-02	23		23		31		31	27
2002-03	What I Like About You	Greetings from Tucson	Reba	Grounded for Life	29
	2002-03	27	22	37		30	29
	2002-03						27	22	37	30	29
	2002-03	25		25		34		34	29
2003-04	Reba	What I Like About You	Grounded for Life	Run of the House	28
	2003-04	33	28	26		23	28
	2003-04						33	28	26	23	28
	2003-04	30		30		25		25	28
2004-05	What I Like About You	Reba (R)	Reba	Living with Fran	30
	2004-05	23	25	38		34	30
	2004-05						23	25	38	34	30
	2004-05	24		24		36		36	30
2005-06	Survival of the Richest		Survival of the Richest	Reba	Modern Men	19
	2005-06	15		15	27		20	19
	2005-06							15	15	27	20	19
	2005-06			15	15		23		23	19
AVERAGE:	24		24	28		28	26