The Breakdown: NBC Friday in 2023-24 (The Wall, Dateline)

It's time for a journey through the NBC Friday schedule in 2023-24...


fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2022-23	Lopez Vs. Lopez	Young Rock	Dateline				Dateline	Dateline	Dateline	72
	2022-23	69	61	75				75	75		75	72
	2022-23											69	61	75	75	75	75	72
	2022-23	65		65	75		75	75			75	72
2023-24	The Wall		The Wall	Dateline				Dateline	Dateline	Dateline	64 (-10%)
	2023-24	59 (-10%)		58.6417735348904	68 (-10%)		68 (-10%)	66 (-12%)		66 (-12%)		64.1325763003295
VsAvg	+1%		0.0107504330413527	+1%		0.00589419846226476	-8%		-0.0823836718168841	-2%
Rank	13/25		13/25	16/25		16/25	13/25		13/25	13/25

With many of the spackle options needed elsewhere, Dateline didn't have a lot of original series company on NBC Friday nights. The Wall showed up for four episodes in November/early December.

winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2022-23	Lopez Vs. Lopez	Young Rock	Dateline				Dateline	Dateline	Dateline	74
	2022-23	64	57	80				80	80		80	74
	2022-23											64	57	80	80	80	80	74
	2022-23	61		61	80		80	80			80	74
2023-24	Transplant		Transplant	Dateline				Dateline	Dateline	Dateline	64 (-14%)
	2023-24	42 (-30%)		42.2126572062681	75 (-7%)		75 (-7%)	74 (-7%)		74 (-7%)		63.8046392543829
VsAvg	-34%		-0.338900646296387	+10%		0.0953790845046742	+0%		0.00211831597668534	-7%
Rank	25/25		25/25	9/25		9/25	9/25		9/25	15/25

NBC then moved over the last four episodes of the Canadan acquisition Transplant, which had aired on Thursdays in the fall.

spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2022-23	Lopez Vs. Lopez	Grand Crew	Dateline				Dateline	Dateline	Dateline	60
	2022-23	58	42	64				64	65		65	60
	2022-23											58	42	64	64	65	65	60
	2022-23	50		50	64		64	65			65	60
2023-24	Password (R)		Password (R)	Dateline				Dateline	Dateline	Dateline	61 (+1%)
	2023-24	51 (+3%)		51.2056577896956	65 (+2%)		65 (+0%)	65 (+0%)		65 (+0%)		60.5557104988435
VsAvg	-5%		-0.0528132822956299	+4%		0.0368530465859172	-4%		-0.03851106148838	-2%
Rank	12/25		12/25	11/25		11/25	10/25		10/25	13/25

Rating the Ratings

Name	Lo	Avg	Hi	y2y	Plus	Label	Plusy2y	Results
The Wall	0.2	0.23	0.3	-20%	60	solid(Fri)	-11%	detail
Dateline Fri*	0.2	0.26	0.3	-16%	69	solid(Fri)	-6%	detail

Dateline Fri: The trend says C+ but I'm bumping it up because of small league average decline. (Plus it had bad lead-ins and held up better later in the season.) Grade: B-.

The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.

Previous Breakdowns for NBC Friday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23

Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for NBC Friday.