Friday TV Ratings 12/22/23: A Home for the Holidays Weak, Santa Claus is Comin to Town Encore Solid, WWE SmackDown Steady (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: A Home for the Holidays (0.18) did not impress on CBS and settled for a fourth-place finish in the 8 p.m. time slot. Fit for Christmas (0.16) went even lower in the 9 p.m. hour. ABC had a strong showing of Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (0.35) and a solid 20/20 repeat (0.28). On Fox, WWE Smackdown (0.55, 0.00) matched last week's installment. NBC re-ran Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors (0.24) and Dateline (0.19). The CW aired Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.06) and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (0.08).

Finals Update: Repeats of 20/20 (+0.1) and Fit for Christmas (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	WWE SmackDown	0.55	6	2.11	Fox
	Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (R)	0.35	4	2.28	ABC
	Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (R)	0.24	3	2.38	NBC
	The 25th Annual A Home for the Holidays	0.18	2	2.15	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.06	1	0.68	The CW
9 PM	20/20 (R)	0.28	3	2.30	ABC
	Fit for Christmas (R)	0.16	2	1.46	CBS
	Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (R)	0.08	1	0.42	The CW
10 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.19	2	1.79	NBC