Saturday TV Ratings 12/16/23: SNL Ratings to Come, Frosty the Snowman Heavily Down from 2022, College Football Leads Primetime (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: CBS had holiday specials throughout the night in the form of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (0.27), Frosty the Snowman (0.26), and Frosty Returns (0.24). The Frosty duo was markedly lower than last year (0.43/0.33), as was Rudolph. 48 Hours (0.22, +0.02) inched up in the 10 p.m. hour. ABC's UCLA v. Boise St. college football game (0.38) was the top broadcast in prime time, with Fox's AL v. Creighton college basketball game (0.13) coming nowhere near the alphabet network. NBC had a repeat of That Clip Show: Holiday Edition (0.13), Dateline (0.18), and SNL Vintage (0.19). The CW's broadcast of Shrek 2 (0.09) matched last week's showing of the original Shrek.

Finals Update: Frosty the Snowman (+0.1) adjusted up. College Basketball: AL v. Creighton (-0.1) and repeats of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (-0.1) and That Clip Show: Holiday Edition (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: UCLA v. Boise St.	0.38	4	2.22	ABC
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (R)	0.27	3	1.78	CBS
	College Basketball: AL v. Creighton	0.13	1	0.78	Fox
	That Clip Show: Holiday Edition (R)	0.13	1	1.20	NBC
	Shrek 2	0.09	1	0.41	The CW
9 PM	Frosty the Snowman	0.26	3	1.88	CBS
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.18	2	1.65	NBC
9:30 PM	Frosty Returns	0.24	3	1.66	CBS
10 PM	48 Hours	0.22	3	1.90	CBS
	SNL Vintage	0.19	2	1.60	NBC

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	TBA	TBA	TBA	NBC