Friday TV Ratings 12/20/24: National Christmas Tree Lighting and Home for the Holidays Modest on CBS, Indiana/Notre Dame College Football Game Dominates [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: ABC's college football game (1.42) was the highest-rated offering on broadcast television, easily trumping Fox's abysmal college basketball showing (0.09). On CBS, the National Christmas Tree Lighting (0.17) and Josh Groban & Friends Go Home for the Holidays (0.17) were modest at best. NBC re-aired Shrek the Halls (0.21), Happy's Place (0.18), and Dateline (0.22). On the CW, Children Ruin Everything (0.03/0.02) was even with last week's installments. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: IN v. Notre Dame	1.42	18	7.33	ABC
	Shrek the Halls (R)	0.21	3	1.91	NBC
	National Christmas Tree Lighting	0.17	2	2.58	CBS
	College Basketball: St. John's v. Providence	0.09	1	0.56	Fox
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.05	1	0.42	CW
8:30 PM	Happy's Place (R)	0.18	2	1.58	NBC
	The Conners (R)	0.05	1	0.32	CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.22	2	3	NBC
	Josh Groban & Friends Go Home for the Holidays	0.17	2	2.43	CBS
	Children Ruin Everything	0.03	0	0.24	CW
9:30 PM	Children Ruin Everything	0.02	0	0.20	CW
10 PM	Fire Country (R)	0.10	1	1.35	CBS

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
College Football: IN v. Notre Dame	ESPN	1.65	5.58
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.37	1.33
Gold Rush	Discovery	0.13	1.21
College Football: IN v. Notre Dame	ESPN2	0.12	0.47
Hannity	Fox News	0.09	2.01
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.09	2.25
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.09	2.48
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.07	0.56
AEW: Rampage	TNT	0.06	0.23
NewsNight	CNN	0.04	0.37
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.04	0.76
NBA: Bucks v. Cavaliers	NBA	0.03	0.16
Alex Wagner Tonight	MSNBC	0.03	0.66
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.03	0.36
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.03	0.42
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	0.83