Prime Time TV Ratings Week November 21-27

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL CBS 37.8
2. NFL Fox 28.1
3. Sunday Night Football NBC 16.7
4. Thursday Night Football NBC 14.5
5. The OT Fox 11.6

6. 60 Minutes CBS 7.6
7. The Equalizer CBS 6.6
7. Young Sheldon CBS 6.6
9. College Football ABC 6.5
10. The Voice (Mon) NBC 6.3

10. The Voice (Tue) NBC 6.3
12. Dancing with the Stars ABC 5.6
13. Survivor CBS 5.5
14. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 5.2
15. Jurassic World NBC 5.1

16. FBI CBS 5.0
17. America's Funniest Home Videos (Sun) ABC 4.4
18. La Brea NBC 4.3
19. CSI: Vegas CBS 4.2
19. The Good Doctor ABC 4.2

21. United States of Al CBS 4.1
22. American Music Awards ABC 4.0
22. The Simpsons Fox 4.0
24. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer CBS 3.8
25. FBI: International (Tue) CBS 3.5

26. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 3.4
26. Ghosts CBS 3.4
26. How the Grinch Stole Christmas NBC 3.4
29. Blue Bloods CBS 3.3
29. New Amsterdam NBC 3.3

31. Chicago Med NBC 3.1
31. NCIS CBS 3.1
31. SNL Thanksgiving NBC 3.1
31. Tough As Nails CBS 3.1
35. The Resident Fox 3.0

36. Bull CBS 2.8
36. The Bachelorette ABC 2.7
36. College Football Fox 2.7
36. FBI: International (Sun) CBS 2.7
36. Magnum PI CBS 2.7

41. Frosty the Snowman CBS 2.6
41. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 2.6
43. Pre-Game Show NBC 2.5
43. 20/20 ABC 2.5
45. Five More Sleeps Til Christmas NBC 2.4

45. The Goldbergs ABC 2.4
45. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ABC 2.4
48. Frosty Returns CBS 2.2
48. Ordinary Joe NBC 2.2
50. The Great North Fox 2.1

50. Robbie the Reindeer CBS 2.1
50. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.1
53. The Masked Singer (Wed) Fox 2.0
53. 9-1-1 (8pm) Fox 2.0
53. SNL Prime NBC 2.0

56. The Conners ABC 1.9
57. America's Funniest Home Videos (Thu 9pm) ABC 1.8
57. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.8
57. 9-1-1 (9pm) Fox 1.8
57. SNL Prime NBC 1.8

57. Trolls Holiday NBC 1.8
62. America's Funniest Home Videos (Thu 10pm) ABC 1.7
62. Family Guy Fox 1.7
62. 48 Hours CBS 1.7
62. The Magic Maker ABC 1.7

62. National Dog Show NBC 1.7
67. The Masked Singer (Tue) Fox 1.6
67. The Wonder Years ABC 1.6
69. World Pet Show Fox 1.5
70. The Story of Santa Claus CBS 1.4

71. Home Economics ABC 1.3
72. Queen Family Sing-a-long ABC 1.2
73. Alter Ego Fox 1.1
73. Queens ABC 1.1
75. The Flash CW 0.7

75. Masters of Illusion (Fri) CW 0.7
77. All American CW 0.6
77. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer CW 0.6
79. Batwoman CW 0.5
79. DC's Legends of Tomorrow CW 0.5

79. Whose Line Is It Anyway? CW 0.5
79. World's Funniest Animals (Thu 9:30) CW 0.5
83. World's Funniest Animals (Thu 9pm) CW 0.4
83. World's Funniest Animals (Sat 9:30) CW 0.4
85. 4400 CW 0.3

85. Riverdale CW 0.3
85. Scooby-Doo Where CW 0.3
85. Wellington Paranormal CW 0.3
85. World's Funniest Animals (Sat 9pm) CW 0.3
90. Legends of the Hidden Temple CW 0.2

90. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9pm) CW 0.2
90. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9:30) CW 0.2

CW

1....................75. The Flash CW 0.7
1...................……75. Masters of Illusion (Fri) CW 0.7
3..................……77. All American CW 0.6
3...................……77. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer CW 0.6
5.................….79. Batwoman CW 0.5

5.................……79. DC's Legends of Tomorrow CW 0.5
5..................……79. Whose Line Is It Anyway? CW 0.5
5.................…….79. World's Funniest Animals (Thu 9:30) CW 0.5
9.................…….83. World's Funniest Animals (Thu 9pm) CW 0.4
9.................…….83. World's Funniest Animals (Sat 9:30) CW 0.4

11...............……..85. 4400 CW 0.3
11...................85. Riverdale CW 0.3
11................…….85. Scooby-Doo Where CW 0.3
11................…….85. Wellington Paranormal CW 0.3
11.................…….85. World's Funniest Animals (Sat 9pm) CW 0.3

16...................……90. Legends of the Hidden Temple CW 0.2
16...................……90. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9pm) CW 0.2
16...................……90. Masters of Illusion (Sun 9:30) CW 0.2

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I'm a day late but I'm here.

What were they thinking? "Wellington Paranormal" has already proven to be a disaster for The CW and they put it in place of a proven show like "Whose Line". And in the process they made the funniest animals less funny. Weird that the second episode was more popular and even took a dramatic jump with young people.

The magicians did their magic on Friday, while the make their viewers disappear on Sunday.

All these Christmas specials deliver mediocre numbers, so I'm not sure why they come back year after year. And some did not look familiar to me.

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I forgot to look at the target audiences. Actually, those Christmas specials do quite well with young people. Very young people aren't counted, even though they are in the real target audience, but I guess their parents have to watch and that's what is shown. Young people probably also remember these specials fondly.

"Survivor" got huge numbers with no real competition.

A couple of sports-related notes: I did not list a Fox pre-game show that lasted 10 minutes after the start of prime time. On the other hand, the CBS NFL game from Thanksgiving Day ended 47 minutes into prime time and, while the number is for the entire game, that's all I had. Spectacular numbers for a game that wasn't a playoff game.

Here are some more Thanksgiving Day numbers since the site I use has those:

Macy's Parade NBC 22.0
National Dog Show NBC 11.4
NFL Fox 26.7
Thanksgiving Parade CBS 6.8 (I have no idea what that is but I remember watching CBS before I could stay for all of Macy's Parade on NBC, and it included Hawaii and Detroit, along with Macy's balloons before they reached the store)

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"4400" appears to be the number of viewers for the show by that title. Meanwhile, Scooby Doo, Where Are You? CW viewers don't seem to know. Also, the site said that "The Flash" crashed. Overall numbers were down a little but the site I use only cares about 18-49, while they report other numbers.

"Dancing with the Stars" and "The Bachelorette" both got huge numbers with young people.

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If it wasn't true before, it sure is now. The magicians make their viewers disappear on Sunday nights. When you see three digits beyond the decimal, the show even did worse than "Hidden Temple"!

I'm not sure what is meant my "Jurassic Park" but "The Voice" ended a few minutes early and "La Brea" started a few minutes late on Tuesday.

Fox had the late game and, as usual, the number is for the entire game. It's weird not seeing dark green for NBC's game. No pre-game show was shown on NBC at least on Sunday so I didn't list it.

I should be back on Wednesday next week.