Tuesday TV Ratings 11/26/24: Dancing with the Stars Explodes to Highest Finale Rating Since 2017, Murder in a Small Town Also Ends Higher, Night Court Rises in Week Two [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: ABC's Dancing with the Stars (1.14, +0.39) exploded to a new season high on finale night, soaring to its best Adults 18-49 performance since September 2020! The reality-competition series cleared the 1.0 threshold effortlessly and posted a rating over 3x larger than its nearest broadcast competitor. On NBC, St. Denis Medical (0.33, -0.01) lost a hundredth, but Night Court (0.32, +0.04) was up from last week's premiere. The Voice (0.35, +0.03) and The Irrational (0.19, +0.02) also rose. CBS aired repeats of FBI (0.25), FBI: International (0.21), and FBI: Most Wanted (0.19). Over on Fox, Murder in a Small Town (0.19, +0.03) gained some momentum for its finale and brought Accused (0.17, +0.05) up with it. WWE NXT (0.15, -0.04) dropped on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Dancing with the Stars (F)	1.14	15	6.36	ABC
	St. Denis Medical	0.33	4	2.66	NBC
	FBI (R)	0.25	3	4.05	CBS
	Murder in a Small Town (F)	0.19	2	2.18	Fox
	WWE NXT	0.15	2	0.63	CW
8:30 PM	Night Court	0.32	4	2.39	NBC
9 PM	The Voice	0.35	4	3.82	NBC
	FBI: International (R)	0.21	3	2.85	CBS
	Accused	0.17	2	1.51	Fox
10 PM	The Irrational	0.19	3	2.41	NBC
	FBI: Most Wanted (R)	0.19	3	2.60	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
College Basketball: KS v. Duke	ESPN	0.55	2.02
NBA: Bucks v. Heat	TNT	0.32	1.03
College Basketball: Memphis v. MI St.	ESPN	0.28	0.94
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.21	2.82
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.20	3.54
Hannity	Fox News	0.18	2.74
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Bravo	0.18	0.71
The Curse of Oak Island	History	0.17	1.75
Real Housewives of New York City	Bravo	0.10	0.38
House of Payne	BET	0.08	0.33
Assisted Living	BET	0.07	0.28
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.45
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.05	0.47
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.42
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.04	0.78
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	0.83
Alex Wagner Tonight	MSNBC	0.03	0.69