Schedules Plus: Network Averages on Friday

This is a compilation of all the broadcast networks' Schedules Plus averages on Friday, providing a look at how the network race has evolved over time on this night. These averages come directly from the night's Schedules Plus posts, which are linked in the table headers below. As with the individual Schedules Plus, it is important to keep in mind that these are not averages of every single thing that aired on the network, but just the most frequent occupant in each timeslot in each section of the year. See the Schedules Plus primer for more. The 'Avg' column and the charts cover only ratings for the big four networks.

Full-Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	74	66	80	73	20	26	73
2000-01	64	78	87	67	19	22	74
2001-02	63	50	93	55	27	32	65
2002-03	63	50	87	53	20	33	63
2003-04	70	60	71	41	20	30	61
2004-05	60	51	68	47	33		33	57
2005-06	55	73	53	38	29		29	55
2006-07	55	76	72	44	39		39	62
2007-08	53	73	62	35	42		42	56
2008-09	57	73	43	46	21		21	55
2009-10	49	65	52	29	26		26	49
2010-11	53	63	46	32	40		40	48
2011-12	56	65	54	55	26		26	57
2012-13	76	70	56	50	19		19	63
2013-14	81	77	66	54	19		19	69
2014-15	84	73	71	33	23		23	65
2015-16	85	80	59	65	21		21	72
2016-17	83	92	68	70	23		23	78
2017-18	50	82	68	59	21		21	65
2018-19	56	80	51	91	15		15	70
2019-20	67	82	68	88	16		16	76
2020-21	86	53	59	93	13		13	73
2021-22	90	87	62	105	15		15	86
2022-23	89	96	70	137	17		17	98
2023-24	80	58	65	165	14		14	92
2024-25	75	97	69	115	14		14	89
AVERAGES:	68	72	65	67	23		23	68

Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	74	69	78	73	20	26	73
2000-01	62	80	85	69	20	23	74
2001-02	63	51	91	56	26	33	65
2002-03	61	53	88	55	20	32	64
2003-04	74	63	70	41	19	31	62
2004-05	59	52	71	47	33		33	57
2005-06	54	72	53	38	29		29	54
2006-07	57	79	77	39	38		38	63
2007-08	53	76	62	35	43		43	57
2008-09	55	75	43	46	21		21	55
2009-10	50	67	53	30	28		28	50
2010-11	56	65	43	32	43		43	49
2011-12	52	67	57	59	28		28	59
2012-13	81	72	58	49	19		19	65
2013-14	77	76	67	56	19		19	69
2014-15	86	71	71	33	23		23	65
2015-16	91	77	59	61	21		21	72
2016-17	82	97	72	70	23		23	80
2017-18	52	84	75	56	21		21	67
2018-19	52	82	52	101	17		17	72
2019-20	63	78	63	98	17		17	76
2020-21	82	52	62	101	13		13	74
2021-22	93	88	60	106	13		13	87
2022-23	87	98	72	131	17		17	97
2023-24	81	58	64	147	14		14	88
2024-25	71	97	71	115	14		14	88
AVERAGES:	68	73	66	67	24		24	68

Winter

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	81	64	98	80	20	27	81
2000-01	74	56	94	68	16	26	73
2001-02	72	46	97	66	30	28	70
2002-03	69	58	85	56	21	34	67
2003-04	71	60	79	51	21	30	65
2004-05	63	61	67	44	37		37	59
2005-06	71	79	80	51	29		29	70
2006-07	59	77	71	56	41		41	66
2007-08	49	65	61	61	43		43	59
2008-09	63	78	48	49	17		17	60
2009-10	52	69	55	48	30		30	56
2010-11	52	61	58	65	38		38	59
2011-12	66	67	57	56	28		28	61
2012-13	74	72	64	46	14		14	64
2013-14	85	80	66	61	15		15	73
2014-15	90	81	63	45	21		21	70
2015-16	83	87	64	46	29		29	70
2016-17	92	93	64	46	23		23	74
2017-18	62	87	56	70	21		21	69
2018-19	71	84	58	89	15		15	75
2019-20	68	78	65	90	15		15	75
2020-21	95	83	59	93	20		20	83
2021-22	104	87	73	111	17		17	94
2022-23	100	104	74	140	16		16	104
2023-24	85	107	64	180	16		16	109
2024-25	83	90	73	80	20		20	81
AVERAGES:	74	76	69	71	24		24	73

Spring

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	66	54	85	62	19.54	26.07	67
2000-01	63	45	76	58	24.96	21.58	61
2001-02	63	39	87	53	25.59	27.33	61
2002-03	63	44	80	64	16.58	29.24	63
2003-04	59	55	71	43	18.30	27.51	57
2004-05	54	59	64	47	30.30		30.30	56
2005-06	60	75	66	38	19.33		19.33	60
2006-07	44	67	49	46	37.96		37.96	52
2007-08	43	65	51	34	39.60		39.60	48
2008-09	55	68	41	44	21.39		21.39	52
2009-10	51	51	51	46	23.27		23.27	50
2010-11	53	57	47	56	37.69		37.69	53
2011-12	64	64	49	43	23.28		23.28	55
2012-13	67	58	49	40	11.54		11.54	53
2013-14	83	63	61	53	19.75		19.75	65
2014-15	75	70	62	39	15.36		15.36	62
2015-16	77	76	57	54	24.04		24.04	66
2016-17	66	75	67	40	20.86		20.86	62
2017-18	42	73	58	70	16.84		16.84	61
2018-19	61	72	52	59	13.06		13.06	61
2019-20	89	86	73	75	14.85		14.85	80
2020-21	80	77	60	85	11.37		11.37	76
2021-22	75	65	64	96	9.69		9.69	75
2022-23	76	83	60	140	13.70		13.70	90
2023-24	71	87	61	170	11.20		11.20	97
2024-25	72	87	52	37	15.96		15.96	62
AVERAGES:	64	66	61	61	20.53		20.53	63