The holidays kicked in, with only one non-rerun on broadcast TV.
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: After a rerun of SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN TO TOWN at 0.5, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT aired its finale at 0.5, down 0.2 from last week and down 0.1 from the 2019 finale.
CBS: Reruns at 0.2-0.4.
NBC: Reruns at 0.3/0.3/0.3.
FOX: Reruns at 0.3/0.3.
CW: A rerun at 0.1.
Tonight’s Christmas Eve programming includes the broadcast premiere of THE GREATEST SHOWMAN on ABC and NBC’s annual dusting off of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
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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