A deluge of holiday specials.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis follows the chart.
ABC: A run of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.5 was followed by 20/20, steady at 0.4.
CBS: FROSTY THE SNOWMAN was at 0.5 and FROSTY RETURNS was at 0.4. A primetime CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING special was at 0.3. A BLUE BLOODS rerun ended the night at 0.3.
NBC: A run of the original HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS was at 0.7, and a new MINIONS HOLIDAY SPECIAL was also at 0.7. DATELINE held at 0.5.
FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN dropped 0.1 to 0.6.
CW: A new WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS and a rerun were steady at 0.1/0.1, and GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER was at 0.2.
Tonight is another evening of COLLEGE FOOTBALL. On Sunday, finales arrive in force, AMC’s WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND, FX’s FARGO, Starz’s THE SPANISH PRINCESS, and HBO’s THE UNDOING among them.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Accurate program ratings will be available Monday afternoon with the broadcast finals.
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