Saturday TV Ratings 12/30/23: NFL Dominates An Otherwise-Weak Night, I Am Burt Reynolds Draws Average Audience for The CW (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The Lions v. Cowboys NFL game (2.61) propelled ABC to a Saturday night win and completely crushed the Ohio State v. West Virginia college basketball game (0.12) that Fox offered up. NBC aired reruns of Password (0.12), Dateline (0.12), and SNL Vintage (0.13). CBS was a step below them with repeats of CSI: Vegas (0.09) and 48 Hours (0.08/0.10). I Am: Burt Reynolds (0.05) was fine by CW standards.

Finals Update: NFL: Lions v. Cowboys (+0.7) adjusted up. NFL Kickoff (-0.2) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NFL Kickoff	1.43	16	8.65	ABC
	Password (R)	0.12	1	1.31	NBC
	College Basketball: OH St. v. WV	0.12	1	0.76	Fox
	CSI: Vegas (R)	0.09	1	1.31	CBS
	I Am: Burt Reynolds (P)	0.05	1	0.60	The CW
8:30 PM	NFL: Lions v. Cowboys	2.61	24	13.74	ABC
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.12	1	1.36	NBC
	TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas (R)	0.09	1	0.45	Fox
	48 Hours (R)	0.08	1	1.19	CBS
10 PM	SNL Vintage	0.13	1	1.16	NBC
	48 Hours (R)	0.10	1	1.46	CBS