Only the return of football livened things up.
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: STATION 19 (0.8), GREY’S ANATOMY (1.1) and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS (0.5) all lost 0.1.
CBS: Reruns at 0.3-0.4 were followed by STAR TREK: DISCOVERY steady at 0.2.
NBC: A night of pale specials, with ONE NIGHT ONLY at 0.5 and TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR at 0.3.
FOX: Returning from an off-week, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL had a preliminary 2.3.
CW: The special SILENT NIGHT: A SONG FOR THE WORLD was at 0.1.
Tonight, CW launches the seasonal limited series CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE.
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). Accurate program ratings will be available this afternoon with the broadcast finals.
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