Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Ratings: Even Dwayne Johnson Can’t Lift “Young Rock” Above Dismal Numbers, “This Is Us” Finale Narrowly Edges “FBI: International”

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It could have been a big night for NBC. “This Is Us” ended its teary six season run with 6 million viewers. The weeper narrowly edged out “FBI International” on CBS by 250,000 viewers.

But “This Is Us” was weighed down by a Rock– The Rock, actually. Dwayne Johnson guest starred with Randall Park on “Young Rock” but did nothing to help the show’s dismal numbers. “Young Rock” found only 2.26 million viewers and pulled NBC to a second place finish in overall viewers.

If Johnson couldn’t give “Young Rock” a boost maybe that should give someone a clue that this show has no audience. Dwayne Johnson is very popular in action movies, but his fame doesn’t translate to TV.

The only thing that saved NBC with a first finish in the key age group was “This Is Us.” The soap had the most younger viewers at 9pm. Otherwise, now that it’s over, and “Young Rock” persists into a new season, NBC will have to do something on Tuesday nights.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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