Friday Ratings: It’s Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown For The Win, ABC’s ’20/20′ Anna Nicole Smith Special For Place Position

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Anna Nicole Smith's daughter is interested in a career in showbusiness but is determined to be her "own person", according to her father Larry Birkhead. Larry has been 15-year-old Dannielynn's sole caregiver since blonde bombshell Smith died from an accidental overdose aged 39 in 2007.

The Tokyo Olympics turned in a muted performance in the ratings overall, but they were enough to lift broadcast TV’s share of total viewing in July, according to Nielsen’s latest edition of The Gauge.

Anna Nicole Smith, over 14 years after her death. For the first time, the late model and reality star's 14-year-old daughter is visiting her mom's hometown of Mexia, Texas, where Anna Nicole spent part of her childhood, alongside her father, Larry Birkhead.

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics now a thing of the past, Monday primetime saw a bright future for Katie Thurston on the Season 17 finale of The Bachelorette, which was the evening’s highest-rated and most-watched program, per Nielsen Live+ Same Day fast affiliates. Bringing in a 1.2 rating in the 18-49 demo and a total of 4.37 million viewers, The Bachelorette season ender brought ABC to the top for the first post-Olympics primetime.

The Tokyo Olympics were once again the Friday night demo winner, scoring a robust 1.9 and just slightly more than 9 million viewers. Team USA’s gold medal win over Team France was the big draw, as the Kevin Durant-led squad won the fourth consecutive gold for the U.S. in the sport.

Viewership for NBC’s coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics continued to fall as Thursday evening delivered both the lowest-rated and least-watched day. Per overnight numbers, NBC’s Thursday night coverage aired to 10.4 million viewers and earned a 2.1 rating in the 18-49 demo. Thursday’s numbers fell below last Friday and last Saturday, which first marked the showings with the  smallest audience and lowest ratings, respectively.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Ultimate Slip ‘N’ Slide” is officially being flushed from the NBC schedule.The reality competition series paused production back in June following an outbreak of giardia onset. It will not resume production and therefore will not debut on Aug.

NBC’s coverage of the Tokyo Olympics saw its second lowest-rated night on Wednesday, bringing in a total of 11.0 million viewers and an average rating of 2.4 in the 18-49 demo, per overnight numbers. Wednesday, which saw a six tenths drop in ratings and a 24% dip in viewer from Tuesday, remains only slightly above lowest-rated and least-watched night thus far Saturday, July 31 (2.3, 10.7M).

Ever since the G.O.A.T. wrapped her latest run at the Olympics, fans have been asking the same question: Will Simone Biles retire? Though she’s only 24, it wouldn’t be uncommon for a gymnast of her age to withdraw from the sport for good. But for now, Biles says she’s still “keeping the door open” on competing again.

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix was in tears after speaking to her First Dates star father Fred Sirieix on Zoom at the poolside of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women's 10m platform diving final, where she finished in seventh place. The 16-year-old was reunited with her parents and other loved ones on a video call following the final at her first ever Olympic games.

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The Weeknd has announced his upcoming single, ‘Take My Breath’, which is due for release this Friday.The reveal came earlier today (Aug 3) in the form of an NBC promo clip for the Team USA Women’s Track & Field team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – posted the clip, which features athletes Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, and Gabby Thomas, on social media along with the caption: “8.6.21 new single.”8.6.21 new single … #TokyoOlympics

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