Thursday TV Ratings 12/24/20: It’s a Wonderful Life Easily Leads NBC to Victory on a Silent Christmas Eve Night (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: On a noiseless Christmas Eve night, NBC took the lead with their annual broadcast of the classic 1946 film 'It's a Wonderful Life' (0.7). ABC's presentation of 'The Greatest Showman' (0.4) couldn't quite compete but was still the second-strongest telecast of the evening. The Hugh Jackman movie was followed by a pair of 'Prep & Landing' specials (0.3/0.3). CBS had repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.3), 'B Positive' (0.3), 'Mom' (0.2), 'The Unicorn' (0.2), and 'FBI' (0.3). Those were a good bit above Fox's 'The Resident' (0.2) and 'Prodigal Son' (0.1) encores. The CW aired repeats of 'iHeartRadio Jingle Ball' (0.1) and 'Whose Line' (0.1).

Finals Update: 'It's a Wonderful Life' (+0.1), 'The Greatest Showman' (+0.1), and repeats of 'Mom' (+0.1) and 'Young Sheldon' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	It's a Wonderful Life	0.76/5	4.75	NBC
	The Greatest Showman	0.51/3	2.70	ABC
	Young Sheldon (R)	0.35/2	3.26	CBS
	The Resident (R)	0.19/1	1.10	Fox
	iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (R)	0.14/1	0.56	CW
8:30 PM	B Positive (R)	0.29/2	2.40	CBS
9 PM	Mom (R)	0.25/2	2.31	CBS
	Prodigal Son (R)	0.14/1	0.81	Fox
9:30 PM	The Unicorn (R)	0.21/1	1.95	CBS
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.12/1	0.47	The CW
10 PM	Prep & Landing (R)	0.31/2	1.46	ABC
	FBI (R)	0.28/2	2.49	CBS
10:30 PM	Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (R)	0.28/2	1.30	ABC