An atypical night of programming on CBS helped out the competition.
NBC: Everything on the line-up was up: DATELINE by 0.2 to 1.4, GRIMM by 0.3 to 1.6 and even DRACULA by 0.2 to 1.1.
ABC: A strong night here as well, with LAST MAN STANDING up 0.2 to 1.4, THE NEIGHBORS up 0.1 to 1.0, SHARK TANK up 0.1 to tie its season high 2.0 and 20/20 up 0.2 to 1.1.
CBS: An eclectic night yielded uneven results. The night started with a pair of Christmas specials that scored well, with 1.6 for FROSTY THE SNOWMAN and 1.4 for YES, VIRGINIA. The network then aired a NCIS LA rerun for 0.8, and followed it with the year’s GRAMMY NOMINATIONS LIVE concert/announcement special, which at 1.1 was 0.4 below last year’s telecast (on a Wednesday).
FOX: BONES rose 0.1 to 1.6, then the night’s pair of RAISING HOPE half-hours rated at 0.8/0.6, with the first episode up 0.2 from last week.
CW: THE CARRIE DIARIES and NIKITA were each up 0.1 to 0.4/0.3.
A pair of big college football games air on ABC and FOX in primetime tonight, between them determining if Florida State and Ohio State reach the BCS Championship game in January. CBS rushed a special 48 HOURS onto the air about Nelson Mandela, and follows it with an unusual late-night (on the east coast) football game. Tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE features host Paul Rudd and musical guest One Direction.
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MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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