Friday Ratings: WWE Friday Night SmackDown Wins The Rerun-Heavy Evening

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerOn yet another mid-summer night filled with reruns, it’s fitting that an original program and a rerun tie for top honors.ABC’s Shark Tank scored an 0.5 with its encore presentation. In the episode, entrepreneurs from Malibu, Calif.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorChannel 4 enjoyed a huge night at the BAFTA TV Awards on Friday, with the British broadcaster scooping six gongs and springing shocks in big-ticket categories.By comparison, Channel 4 won only two prizes at last year’s ceremony, while it didn’t clinch a single award for an original show in 2018.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorQuibi’s new “The Fugitive” is not your father’s “Fugitive” — or your grandfather’s, for that matter.In fact, the only thing the reboot, which premieres on Aug. 3, has in common with the 1993 Harrison Ford-Tommy Lee Jones movie — itself based on the 1960s television drama — is the man-on-the-run storyline.

Before “Ford v Ferrari” got home with two Oscars what feels like a decade ago, the racing drama spent years in development hell. Though Matt Damon and Christian Bale starred in the final film, “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski almost made a different version.

Kendall Jenner stepped out with close friend Fai Khadra in Santa Monica this week.The model wore a skintight halter top and matching skirt covered in an eye-catching print featuring letters and numbers.She accessorized her look with a pair of large hoop earrings, and flat black sandals.Many people might still be in lockdown, but Kendall Jenner does not appear to be one of them.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerIt’s mid-summer, which means even in a pandemic, no one is expected to be glued to their television during the evening.Thus, a night of reruns was dominated by just two bits of original programming, led by Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown, which brought in a solid 0.5.Highlighting this week’s SmackDown was a bar brawl between Jeff Hardy and Sheamus at Irish Shannon’s pub in Orlando.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterABC’s comedy United We Fall stood tall Wednesday night, delivering a 0.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and netting 3.70 million viewers.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterA polite ovation of golf claps is in order as the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament, which won a quiet Sunday night in the ratings. The tournament, which aired on CBS, delivered a 0.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.25 million viewers.

Will Thorne Staff WriterBroadcast viewers had barely any original programming to watch on Sunday night, as the major networks aired reruns left, right and center.ABC technically won the night, with a “Celebrity Family Feud” replay leading the way at a 0.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 4.1 million total viewers. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” came second with a 0.5 and around 4.3 million viewers.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerIf you’re a fan of television reruns, it was Christmas morning on Friday night. The only new fare came from the WWE Friday Night SmackDown on Fox (0.5 in demos) and a half-hour of The CW’s Masters of Illusion, which scored an 0.2 in demos.NBC’s repeat of its episode Dateline: The Search for a Missing Student tied with SmackDown for the 18-49 demo win with an 0.5.

Coronation Street actress Kate Ford has played Tracey Barlow on the hit ITV soap since 2002.The Salford-born star has lit up our screens as one of the main antagonists, with storylines involving drugs, murder and many a feud, but in reality her home life is far more relaxed. Kate lives in a lavish house in the affluent area of Dulwich, south London with her 12-year-old son Otis, whom she had with her TV producer ex-husband Jon Connerty.