Friday Night Tykes (Esquire): Ratings Recap

Esquire's 'Friday Night Tykes' premiered with a double episode on January 14, 2014 to twin 0.06 ratings with 150,000 & 120,000 viewers. The season as a whole remained relatively stable, ranging in the low-to-mid 100,000s, concluding to 159,000 and a 0.08 rating. A second season premiered in 2015 to a 0.10 rating with 182,000 viewers, and was slightly higher, averaging in the high-100,000s and low 200,000s, concluding to a 0.11 rating with 229,000 viewers. The third season was the highest rated and most-viewed for the series, premiering to a 0.08 rating with 185,000 viewers, but finishing strong with a series-high 0.16 rating with 266,000 viewers. The fourth and final season premiered in 2017 to a 0.04 rating with 92,000 viewers and wasn't ever able to recover, hitting a high of only 128,000 viewers for its series finale. 

Friday Night Tykes Season 1 Ratings (2014)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 14, 2014	0.150	0.06
Jan. 14, 2014	0.120	0.06
Jan. 21, 2014	0.174	0.09
Jan. 28, 2014	0.119	0.05
Feb. 4, 2014	0.147	0.07
Feb. 25, 2014	0.122	0.07
Mar. 4, 2014	0.166	0.07
Mar. 11, 2014	0.150	0.06
Mar. 18, 2014	0.133	0.07
Mar. 25, 2014	0.159	0.08
Apr. 1, 2014	0.061	0.03
Average	0.136	0.06

Friday Night Tykes Season 2 Ratings (2015)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 20, 2015	0.182	0.10
Jan. 27, 2015	0.226	0.11
Feb. 3, 2015	0.197	0.11
Feb. 10, 2015	0.122	0.06
Feb. 17, 2015	0.193	0.09
Feb. 24, 2015	0.159	0.08
Mar. 3, 2015	0.208	0.12
Mar. 10, 2015	0.163	0.10
Mar. 17, 2015	0.205	0.11
Mar. 24, 2015	0.229	0.11
Average	0.188	0.10

Friday Night Tykes Season 3 Ratings (2016)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 19, 2016	0.185	0.08
Jan. 26, 2016	0.179	0.09
Feb. 2, 2016	0.160	0.07
Feb. 9, 2016	0.171	0.09
Feb. 16, 2016	0.244	0.11
Feb. 23, 2016	0.211	0.08
Mar. 1, 2016	0.250	0.12
Mar. 8, 2016	0.258	0.14
Mar. 15, 2016	0.196	0.09
Mar. 22, 2016	0.266	0.16
Average	0.212	0.10

Friday Night Tykes Season 4 Ratings (2017)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 17, 2017	0.092	0.04
Jan. 24, 2017	0.086	0.03
Jan. 31, 2017	0.117	0.05
Feb. 7, 2017	0.093	0.03
Feb. 14, 2017	0.065	0.03
Feb. 21, 2017	0.083	0.03
Feb. 28, 2017	0.111	0.04
Mar. 7, 2017	0.077	0.03
Mar. 14, 2017	0.078	0.04
Mar. 21, 2017	0.128	0.07
Average	0.093	0.04

Source: Nielsen Media Research