Prime Time TV Ratings Week December 18-24

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL CBS 21.5
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 15.4
3. Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick NBC 11.0
4. 60 Minutes CBS 9.6
5. Football Night in America (7:51) NBC 8.8

6. Monday Night Football ABC 7.8
7. Monday Night Football Pre-Game ABC 6.0
8. Football Night in America (7:24) NBC 4.4
9. The Price Is Right CBS 4.4
9. Young Sheldon CBS 4.4

11. ABC News Special Report ABC 4.2
12. Grammy Salute to Paul Simon CBS 3.9
12. Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All (Tue) CBS 3.9
12. The Neighborhood CBS 3.9
15. Movie: The Sound of Music ABC 3.6

15. NCIS CBS 3.6
17. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 3.5
17. Movie: Home Alone ABC 3.5
19. Lego Masters (Sat) Fox 3.4
20. Ghosts (Thu 8:30) CBS 3.3

20. Movie: When Christmas Was Young CBS 3.3
22. CBS News Special Report CBS 3.2
22. Movie: It's a Wonderful Life NBC 3.2
24. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 3.1
24. Ghosts (Thu 9pm) CBS 3.1

26. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 3.0
27. Ghosts (Thu 9:30) CBS 2.9
27. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ABC 2.9
29. How the Grinch Stole Christmas NBC 2.8
29. Movie: The Grinch NBC 2.8

31. Movie: Shrek 2 NBC 2.8
31. SNL Christmas NBC 2.8
33. Ghosts (Thu 10pm) CBS 2.7
34. The Conners ABC 2.6
34. Movie: Mountain Magic Christmas NBC 2.6

36. Ghosts (Thu 10:30) CBS 2.5
36. Home for the Holidays CBS 2.5
38. NBC News Special Report NBC 2.4
38. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.4
40. America's Funniest Home Videos (Sat) ABC 2.3

40. Dateline NBC 2.3
40. Movie: Christmas Takes Flight CBS 2.3
40. Press Your Luck ABC 2.3
44. Mickey Saves Christmas ABC 2.1
45. East New York CBS 2.0

45. Ghosts (Tue) CBS 2.0
47. Disney Prep & Landing ABC 1.9
48. America's Funniest Home Videos (Tue) ABC 1.8
48. Five More Sleeps Till Christmas NBC 1.8
48. Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All (Sat) CBS 1.8

51. 48 Hours CBS 1.7
51. The Goldbergs ABC 1.7
51. Olaf's Frozen Adventure ABC 1.7
51. The Wheel (Thu) NBC 1.7
55. Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty v. Nice ABC 1.6

55. 20/20 ABC 1.6
55. The Wheel (Wed) NBC 1.6
58. Football Night in America (7pm) NBC 1.5
58. $100,000 Pyramid ABC 1.5
60. Abbott Elementary (9pm) ABC 1.4

60. Alaska Daily ABC 1.4
60. Masked Singer Fox 1.4
60. The Wheel (Mon) NBC 1.4
64. Abbott Elementary (9:30) ABC 1.3
64. Lego Masters (Tue) Fox 1.3

64. The Wheel (Fri) NBC 1.3
67. Lego Masters (Mon) Fox 1.2
68. Hell's Kitchen Fox 1.1
68. Lego Masters (Wed) Fox 1.1
70. The Simpsons Fox 1.0

71. Family Guy Fox 0.9
71. 9-1-1 Fox 0.9
71. The Resident Fox 0.9
74. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.8
74. Great North Fox 0.8

76. Call Me Kat Fox 0.7
76. Chosen: Messenger CW 0.7
78. Greatest Holiday Commercials CW 0.6
78. Masters of Illusion CW 0.6
78. World's Funniest Animals (Mon) CW 0.6

78. Welcome to Flatch Fox 0.6
82. Christmas Around the World CW 0.4
82. Coroner (8pm) CW 0.4
82. Coroner (9pm) CW 0.4
82. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball CW 0.4

82. World's Funniest Animals (Wed 9pm) CW 0.4
82. World's Funniest Animals (Wed 9:30) CW 0.4
88. Beebo Saves Christmas CW 0.3
88. Professionals CW 0.3
88. Whose Line is it Anyway? CW 0.3

88. Winchesters CW 0.3

CW

1.................……76. Chosen: Messenger CW 0.7
2.................……78. Greatest Holiday Commercials CW 0.6
2.................……78. Masters of Illusion CW 0.6
2.................……78. World's Funniest Animals (Mon) CW 0.6
5.................……82. Christmas Around the World CW 0.4

5.................……82. Coroner (8pm) CW 0.4
5.................……82. Coroner (9pm) CW 0.4
5.................……82. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball CW 0.4
5.................……82. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.4
5.................……82. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.4

11................……88. Beebo Saves Christmas CW 0.3
11...............…….88. Professionals CW 0.3
11................……88. Whose Line is it Anyway? CW 0.3
11................……88. Winchesters CW 0.3

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So here I am, a day early because I won't have time tomorrow, and the Friday and Saturday numbers aren't ready.

Remember that numbers on the left mean it was last week's, or that I copied it and left it where it was even though it has a new number for a different night's broadcast.

Beebo may have saved Christmas but he couldn't save The CW.

Exactly what was CBS hoping to accomplish with an entire night of "Ghosts"? The number of viewers kept going down. Oh, wait, they couldn't because they just had to include "Sheldon", and he got big numbers for a rerun.

On Wednesday all the Big 3 networks had some special report which wasn't explained but at least on ABC it got big numbers. The last six minutes was in prime time.

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Lots of family movies on NBC. They do reasonably well with young people and women.

The usually reliable funny animals came through.

Football, of course, is always a winner. Speaking of which, I forgot Thursday Night Football. 8.3 million after the 3.6 million who watched the pre-game.

"The Wheel" went flat.

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That's all I can do today.

"Professionals" was actually up without benefit of a lead-in. "Coroner" had two episodes but didn't seem to help.

A number on the left, except for the top five which will not be exceeded, means it's last week's.

When the Friday and Saturday numbers are ready AND I have time, I'll be back.

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And it's done.

"Lego Masters" wasn't doing too well and it was never explained what the strange looking abbreviation stood for, but it was an episode of that show anyway. And then Saturday's episode followed an NFL game which aired on Saturday for a change and had 27.8 million viewers (and would have been considered to be prime time if the game had been on Sunday) followed by "The OT" with 16.4 million. That's very high. But not counted as a prime time broadcast this week.

Whatever "Chosen: Messenger" is, it did quite well for The CW. And the magicians brought even more magic to Friday. "Smackdown" even got more total viewers than usual.

I found out the "Special Report" which lasted six minutes in prime time on the Big Three was Zelenskyy's speech to Congress.

Next week I should be here on Wednesday, but if something happens we might have to do this again.