Prime Time TV Ratings Week December 19-25

[InsertBrainHere]

Viewers in millions

1. NFL (Sun) Fox 22.0
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 18.1
3. NFL (Tue) Fox 14.9
4. Sunday Night Pre-Kick NBC 12.2
5. The OT Fox 11.2

6. Post-Game Show (10:07) Fox 11.1
7. Football Night in America (7:51) NBC 8.9
8. Post-Game Show (10:10) Fox 8.7
9. Monday Night Football ABC 8.5
10. 60 Minutes CBS 7.9

11. Monday Night Pre-Game ABC 6.0
12. The Price Is Right CBS 5.1
13. NBA ABC 4.8
14. Football Night in America (7:30) NBC 4.7
15. Kennedy Center Honors CBS 4.3

16. FBI CBS 4.2
17. The Simpsons Fox 3.9
17. Young Sheldon CBS 3.9
19. The Bachelorette (8pm) ABC 3.5
20. Movie: It's a Wonderful Life NBC 3.4

20. Movie: Christmas Takes Flight CBS 3.4
22. Kenny Rogers CBS 3.3
22. Movie: The Sound of Music ABC 3.3
24. Ghosts (8:30) CBS 3.0
24. Holly Dolly Christmas CBS 3.0

26. The Bachelorette (10pm) ABC 2.9
27. Movie: The Grinch NBC 2.8
27. NCIS CBS 2.8
29. PBC Fight Night Fox 2.7
29. One Last Time: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett CBS 2.7

29. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ABC 2.7
32. Ghosts (9pm) CBS 2.6
33. Blue Bloods CBS 2.4
33. Ghosts (9:30) CBS 2.4
33. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 2.4

36. Black-ish ABC 2.2
36. Ghosts (10pm) CBS 2.2
38. Adele: One Night Only CBS 2.1
38. Ghosts (10:30) CBS 2.1
38. How the Grinch Stole Christmas NBC 2.1

38. Live in Front of a Studio Audience ABC 2.1
38. The Masked Singer Fox 2.1
38. Olaf's Frozen Adventure ABC 2.1
44. Crimetime CBS 2.0
44. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.0

44. Shrek the Halls ABC 2.0
44. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.0
48. Great North Fox 1.9
48. Movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas NBC 1.9
48. SNL Christmas Special NBC 1.9

51. Fantasy Island Fox 1.8
51. FBI International CBS 1.8
51. Football Night in America (7pm) NBC 1.8
51. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 1.8
51. Michael Buble Christmas NBC 1.8

56. Disney Prep & Landing ABC 1.7
56. Disney Prep & Landing 2 ABC 1.7
56. 5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas NBC 1.7
59. American Auto NBC 1.6
59. Annie Live! NBC 1.6

59. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.6
59. Boy Band Holiday ABC 1.6
59. CMA Country Christmas ABC 1.6
64. The Chase ABC 1.5
64. Family Guy Fox 1.5

66. Shark Tank ABC 1.4
67. Home Economics ABC 1.2
67. Kelly Clarkson Christmas Special NBC 1.2
69. Secrets of Christmas Fox 1.1
70. Grand Crew NBC 1.0

70. Trolls Holiday NBC 1.0
72. Young Rock NBC 0.9
73. Mr. Mayor NBC 0.7
74. Christmas Around the World CW 0.6
74. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer CW 0.6

76. Greatest Holiday Commercials CW 0.5
76. Masters of Illusion CW 0.5
76. Silent Night CW 0.5
79. Dynasty (8pm) CW 0.4
80. Beebo Saves Christmas CW 0.3

80. Dynasty (9pm) CW 0.3
80. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball CW 0.3
83. Black Pack CW 0.2
83. Legends of the Hidden Temple CW 0.2

CW

1...................……74. Christmas Around the World CW 0.6
1...................……74. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer CW 0.6
3...................…….76. Greatest Holiday Commercials CW 0.5
3.................……..76. Masters of Illusion CW 0.5
3...................……76. Silent Night CW 0.5

6...................…….79. Dynasty (8pm) CW 0.4
7.................…….80. Beebo Saves Christmas CW 0.3
7...................…….80. Dynasty (9pm) CW 0.3
7...................……80. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball CW 0.3
10.....................83. Black Pack CW 0.2

10..................….83. Legends of the Hidden Temple CW 0.2

[InsertBrainHere]

I'm late but I'm here.

For what it's worth, the day after Christmas is available but the site has already gotten in the habit of writing "22".

Not many people watched TV Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I have a few observations.

"It's a Wonderful Life" scored very high with target audiences (except old people who of course watched CBS in huge numbers) and "Smackdown" got smacked down, just a little. The movie got the numbers wrestling usually does.

"PBC Fight Night" normally does poorly but got a big boost from the NFL game lead-in. 28.6 million watched that game, on Christmas Day.

Don't ask me why The CW continues to do the Jingle Ball. There's more to that than just the number of viewers using traditional methods. Oddly, the Friday night CW show did relatively well with old people.

[InsertBrainHere]

I saw a mistake from last week that had to be fixed. I put Kelly Clarkson on the wrong network.

As expected, "Young Sheldon", even a rerun, did well with old people. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" did the best with other target audiences. Strangely, the color red was missing, even from The CW.

Shouldn't a marathon of "Ghosts" air at Halloween, not Christmas? In any case, each episode did worse than the one before it, and since all were reruns, the numbers weren't that good.

The various target audiences loved "The Price Is Right".

[InsertBrainHere]

I have to correct a title but they don't provide room on that site for long titles. It was a rerun and identified only as such in the detailed description, so I had to go back and see what it was to begin with.

Annie not so Live didn't do so well this time around.

"Dynasty"? Really? It keeps coming back but no one watches. And once again, Beebo can't even save his network, much less Christmas.

The "Secrets of Christmas" remained a secret.

"The Bachelorette" had about the same number of total viewers but fell significantly with target audiences. It appears everyone was watching the game.

[InsertBrainHere]

And that's it for this week. I'm worried I may have left out last week's Monday Night Pre-Game Show but I distinctly remember wondering what to call it. It's probably there.

I was very surprised at how poorly Miss Universe did last week.

Apparently Adele was not "One Night Only".

The second CBS movie seems to have crashed. The FBI did about as poorly as it ever has.

Whatever "Black Pack" is, it did about as poorly as anything ever has on Sunday nights for The CW. It's worse than it looks, believe me.

There were three separate programs about The Grinch. It seems there have been two movies (one animated) in addition to the live broadcast which wasn't repeated this year, and the Chuck Jones special.

Anyway, we've got one more week of various holiday shows and reruns, and then things get back to normal.