The Breakdown: ABC Friday in 2018-19 (Fresh Off the Boat, Speechless, 20/20 and more!)

It's time for a journey through the ABC Friday schedule in 2018-19...

Spotted Ratings, Friday 4/12/19

FINALS UPDATE: Blindspot (0.4), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) (0.1, -0.2) and Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R) (0.2) adjusted down.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 4/5/19

FINALS UPDATE: Blindspot (0.4), The Blacklist (0.5), Dateline (0.5) and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (0.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• The CBS dramas returned from basketball hiatus with Hawaii Five-0 (0.8) and Blue Bloods (0.8) both on the rise. Quite a few other shows were up as well, including the ABC comedies (0.6/0.5) and Fox's The Cool Kids (0.7), along with NBC's Blindspot (0.5) and Dateline (0.6).

• And the CW bade farewell to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend with the series finale managing a 0.2 in the 8:00 hour (the show's first 0.2 since January). A 9/8c CEG special fell to 0.1.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 3/29/19

FINALS UPDATE: NCAA Basketball (3.0, +0.5) adjusted up while NCAA Basketball (1.3, -0.3) and Dynasty (0.1) adjusted down.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 3/22/19

FINALS UPDATE: 20/20 (0.8), NCAA Basketball (1.7), NCAA Basketball (1.0) and Dynasty (0.1) adjusted down.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 3/15/19

FINALS UPDATE: Speechless (0.4), MacGyver (0.6), Hawaii Five-0 (0.7) and Blue Bloods (0.6, -0.2) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come. Adjustments may be more likely due to NCAA basketball preemptions.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 3/8/19

FINALS UPDATE: 20/20 (0.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• It was a rare Friday night on which Last Man Standing was not the highest-rated Friday series, as Gayle King's interview with R. Kelly (1.2) provided a big boost to CBS' 8/7c hour and helped lift Hawaii Five-0 (0.9) and Blue Bloods (0.9) to tie their season highs.

• Fox's comedies (1.0/0.7) were even, but Proven Innocent dipped back to 0.4. ABC was also even with the comedies (0.6/0.4) and down later in the night with 20/20 (0.7/0.6). And NBC featured the returns of Blindspot (0.5) and The Blacklist (0.5), with Blacklist dropping to 0.5 for just the second time this season.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 3/1/19

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 2/22/19

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 2/15/19

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Fox drama Proven Innocent opened with a measly 0.5 demo, fourth place at 9/8c and less than half of its lead-in from a double-pump of Last Man Standing (1.1) in the 8/7c hour. This would be bad even on a regular network; it appears to tie last season's Ten Days in the Valley along with a bunch of summer dramas for the lowest-rated drama launch in big four history. On a network that is looking to cut scripted programming real estate, it's all the more hopeless.

• In the 8/7c hour, ABC's comedies (0.7/0.5) were even after a week off, while MacGyver (0.7) ticked down to drop below the other two CBS dramas (0.8/0.8), as did Blindspot (0.5) to trail its lead-out The Blacklist (0.6).

Renewology Week 19: What's Changed Since the Fall?

Continuing our revisitation theme from last week, this week's Renewology column will take a look back at some of the more interesting bubble issues from the fall. The two areas that got a lot of chatter in these posts during the fall were CBS dramas and ABC comedies, so we'll visit both of those in some depth. Plus, a few words on the CW's mass renewal. There are at least a couple other shows that have changed a lot since the fall that I wanted to discuss (Manifest and How to Get Away with Murder), but this was running long. Maybe next week!

Spotted Ratings, Friday 2/1/19

FINALS UPDATE: Hell's Kitchen (0.9) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• The scripted programming on CBS and Fox was back to original after at least a week off. On Fox, comedies Last Man Standing (1.1) and The Cool Kids (0.9) were both down a tenth from three weeks ago. CBS' MacGyver (0.8) was up a tenth and Hawaii Five-0 (0.8) down a tenth to join Blue Bloods (0.8) for a very consistent night.

• NBC was also back from a single week off with downticks for Blindspot (0.5) and The Blacklist (0.5). ABC's Speechless (0.5) also fell a notch (vs. last week), while the CW's Dynasty (0.2) preliminarily got a post-renewal uptick.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 1/25/19

FINALS UPDATE: Dynasty (0.1) adjusted down.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 1/18/19

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

WHAT MATTERS:

• With the usually dominant Fox comedies in repeats (0.7/0.6), ABC's comedies were on the high end with Fresh Off the Boat (0.7) and Speechless (0.6) both tying season highs. That led to a strong night for 20/20 (0.7/0.8) as well.

• CBS had matching 0.8's for MacGyver and Hawaii Five-0, marking an uptick for Mac and a downtick for Five-0. (Blue Bloods (0.6) was in repeats.) NBC was even with Blindspot (0.6), The Blacklist (0.6) and Dateline (0.6), while the CW got back up to 0.2 with the return of Dynasty (0.2), and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (0.2) followed suit.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 1/11/19

FINALS UPDATE: MacGyver (0.7), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) (0.2) and Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) (0.2) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Like on Thursday, the winter bounce seemed to come a week late for much of Friday. Fox comedies Last Man Standing (1.2) and The Cool Kids (1.0) both surged by two tenths from last week, while Hell's Kitchen (0.8) was up a notch. CBS dramas MacGyver (0.8) and Hawaii Five-0 (0.9) also grew by a tenth.

• And in its first episode of the winter, NBC's Blindspot rose to 0.6 for the first time all season, joined by another 0.6 at 9/8c from The Blacklist.

• The exception to the upward momentum was ABC, where Fresh Off the Boat (0.7) and Speechless (0.5) matched last week, while another two-hour 20/20 (0.6) couldn't hold onto last week's big surge. And the CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was back from a month off with a return to 0.1.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 1/4/19

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Spotted Ratings, Friday 12/14/18

FINALS UPDATE: Fresh Off the Boat (0.5) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• In one last comedy duel before the holiday hiatus, Fox's Last Man Standing (1.0) and The Cool Kids (0.8) came out on top as usual, but ABC's Fresh Off the Boat (0.6) was the only one that managed a steady night week-to-week in the rounded numbers; its lead-out Speechless (0.4) also inched down.

• Later in the ABC evening, things got super-ugly as Child Support (0.3) somehow found another new low, but it was a season high night for NBC's Dateline (0.8) in its return to two-hour episodes. CBS went with I Love Lucy (0.6) and Dick Van Dyke (0.5) holiday specials, while the CW had a Hollywood Christmas Parade special (0.2).

Spotted Ratings, Friday 12/7/18

FINALS UPDATE: Hell's Kitchen (0.8) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Renewology Week 8: Fresh Off the Boat, The Kids Are Alright, Splitting Up Together, Speechless

Here's a look at the big Renewology developments in week eight. Just a quick look at some ABC comedies this week!

Spotted Ratings, Friday 11/16/18

FINALS UPDATE: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (0.2) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• It was a relatively big night for the ABC comedies, as Fresh Off the Boat (0.7) and Speechless (0.6) are each eyeing new season highs. That didn't help Child Support (0.4) a bit at 9/8c, though 20/20 (0.5) did inch up at 10/9c.

• Fox's Last Man Standing (1.1) and The Cool Kids (0.9) gave back last week's gains (plus dropped another tenth in LMS' case), but CBS was on the uptick with Hawaii Five-0 (0.8) and Blue Bloods (0.9).