Here are the final broadcast ratings for Friday, December 22, 2017.
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Time
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Show
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18-49 Rating
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Total Viewers
(In Millions) |
8:00pm
|
I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS)
|
0.8
|
6.50
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Shark Tank (R) (ABC)
|
0.7
|
3.72
| |
Blindspot (NBC)
|
0.6
|
3.50
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Hell’s Kitchen (R) (FOX)
|
0.5
|
1.88
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Masters of Illusion (R) (CW)
|
0.2
|
1.29
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9:00pm
|
Dateline NBC (NBC)
|
0.8
|
4.98
|
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
|
0.6
|
5.83
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (ABC)
|
0.6
|
2.40
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Hell’s Kitchen (R) (FOX)
|
0.5
|
1.73
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Greatest Holiday Commercials (CW)
|
0.2
|
1.16
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10:00pm
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Blue Bloods (R) (CBS)
|
0.5
|
4.88
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20/20 (ABC)
|
0.4
|
2.27
|
(R) = repeat
CBS opted to air their annual 'I Love Lucy Christmas Special' alongside an original colorized episode (0.8). It matched last year's performance and was the top-viewed program of the night. It also tied 'Dateline' (0.8) for the highest-rated program of the night in the Adults 18-49 demographic. CBS wrapped up the night with a lower-rated 'Dick Van Dyke Show' (0.6) and an encore of 'Blue Bloods' (0.5).
ABC's 'Agents of SHIELD' (0.6) rose a tenth from its last episode. It might've been positively affected by the 'Shark Tank' repeat (0.7) that aired at 8. The alphabet network closed the night with a low-rated '20/20' (0.4).
NBC's 'Blindspot' (0.6) inched down from its last episode and led into 2 hours of 'Dateline' (0.8).
FOX had two hours of 'Hell's Kitchen' repeats (0.5/0.5). The 9pm episode beat out almost all original episodes of 'The Exorcist'.
The CW had low-rated holiday specials (0.2/0.2).
