Wednesday TV Ratings 12/27/23: Kennedy Center Honors Heavily Down, The Year Also Drops, College Football Leads (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (0.32) declined by almost 30% from last year's ceremony (0.45) but still beat out E! News Presents NBC's Hot 10 of 2023 (0.24). NBC also had reruns of Magnum P.I. (0.14) and Chicago Med (0.14) that matched The Neighborhood repeat (0.14) that aired on CBS. On ABC, The Year (0.30) was a clear step behind the encore of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.40) that led into it but was only five-hundredths lower than last year (0.35). The Louisville v. USC college football game (0.80) doubled its nearest competitor in the Adults 18-49 demographic and led Fox to a Wednesday win. The CW got a modest result out of WOW - Women of Wrestling (0.04).

Finals Update: College Football: Louisville v. USC (+0.1), The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (+0.1), and the repeat of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: Louisville v. USC	0.80	7	3.51	Fox
	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (R)	0.40	4	3.44	ABC
	The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors	0.32	3	4.52	CBS
	E! News Presents NBC's Hot 10 of 2023	0.24	2	1.88	NBC
	WOW - Women of Wrestling	0.04	0	0.18	The CW
9 PM	The Year: 2023	0.30	3	2.28	ABC
	Magnum PI (R)	0.14	1	1.36	NBC
	Family Law (R)	0.03	0	0.16	The CW
10 PM	Chicago Med (R)	0.14	2	1.18	NBC
10:30 PM	The Neighborhood (R)	0.14	1	1.93	CBS