SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped but still owned the night.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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.
ABC: THE SOUND OF MUSIC remains one of the last theatrical movies to get an annual broadcast airing, and it slipped 0.1 from last year’s run to 0.5.
CBS: The network had the late afternoon national NFL game, so 60 MINUTES jumped 0.6 to 1.4 in early numbers. Then GARTH & TRISHA LIVE was at 0.5, and A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS was at 0.2.
NBC: The preliminary 3.4 for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was down half a point from last week’s early rating.
FOX: A night of reruns, and after the 1.0/0.5 in the 7PM hour (probably boosted by local NFL coverage), they were at 0.2-0.3.
CW: Following a run of the MASTERS OF ILLUSION Christmas special at 0.1, THE OUTPOST gained 0.1 to 0.1.
Tonight, HBO airs the 2 season finale episodes of its buzzy but low-rated (in linear terms) INDUSTRY.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Also live events such as sporting events and major specials are usually undercounted because the fast nationals measure what was on in primetime in the Pacific Time Zone (mostly what aired after the live event ended on the West Coast). Accurate program ratings will be available Tuesday morning with the broadcast finals.
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