Ratings Analysis: NBC led the way on the day after Christmas with 'Football Night in America' (1.85) and the 'Washington v. Cowboys' NFL game (4.87). The game was a little over two-tenths stronger than the 'Saints v. Buccaneers' broadcast (4.65) from the Sunday prior. CBS's 'NFL Overrun' (5.86) helped '60 Minutes' (1.43, +0.73) climb to a rating slightly higher than its last post-football episode (1.38). A rerun marathon of 'The Equalizer' (0.50/0.36/0.34) lost steam as the evening progressed. ABC had solid encores of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.43) and 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (0.40) but reruns of 'Supermarket Sweep' (0.25) and 'The Rookie' (0.15) were subpar at best. Fox got decent mileage out of 'Merry Elfin' Christmas: Bye, Bye 2021!' (0.36) but repeats of 'The Simpsons' (0.31), 'The Great North' (0.21), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.27), and 'Family Guy' (0.23) were not able to match or build. The CW had abysmal reruns of 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' (0.03) and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.05).
Finals Update: 'NFL: Washington v. Cowboys' (+1.5), '60 Minutes' (+0.2), 'Football Night in America' (+0.1), and repeats of 'The Equalizer' (+0.1), 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (+0.1), 'Supermarket Sweep' (+0.1), 'The Rookie' (+0.1), 'Bob's Burgers' (+0.1), and 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (+0.1) adjusted up.
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