2 veteran dramas had markedly different swings from their last episodes.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 and comparisons follow the chart.
NBC: CHRISTMAS AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER was steady with the 2016 edition at 1.7, and that gave SVU a much better lead-in than it’s been getting from THE BLACKLIST. That, along with a heavily-promoted episode, pushed SVU up 0.4 from its last airing 3 weeks ago to 1.5. CHICAGO PD was up 0.1 from its last airing 2 weeks ago (when it had THE VOICE as its lead-in) to 1.3.
FOX: EMPIRE returned from a week off with a 0.4 drop to 1.6. STAR remained steady at 1.2.
ABC: The line-up returned from having Thanksgiving Eve off. THE GOLDBERGS was down 0.1 from 2 weeks ago to 1.4, SPEECHLESS held at 1.1, MODERN FAMILY fell 0.1 to 1.6, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE lost 0.3 to 1.0, and DESIGNATED SURVIVOR slipped 0.1 to 0.7.
CBS: A 2-hour SURVIVOR at 1.8 was up 0.3 from last week’s hour. The BRUNO MARS: 24K MAGIC LIVE special was at 1.1.
CW: RIVERDALE (0.5) and DYNASTY (0.2) were steady with their last airings 2 weeks ago.
It’s a holiday special night at ABC, where A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS is followed by THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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