Friday TV Ratings 12/6/24: Rudolph Soars for 60th Anniversary Airing on NBC, Happy’s Place Hits New Series High, Private Princess Christmas Solid for Hallmark [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: In its move to NBC, Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (0.62) put up a massive rating that was more than two-tenths above its 2023 CBS broadcast (0.39). Rudolph also helped boost sitcoms Happy's Place (0.38, +0.15) and Lopez vs Lopez (0.26, +0.07) to new season highs. On Fox, the UNLV v. Boise St. college football match (0.70) was several tenths above ABC's college game (0.28). SWAT (0.29, -0.06) and Fire Country (0.31, -0.07) declined on CBS, but Blue Bloods (0.31, +0.03) was on the rise. Children Ruin Everything (0.04/0.03) lagged behind reruns of Bob Hearts Abishola (0.06/0.06) on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: UNLV v. Boise St.	0.70	10	3.01	Fox
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	0.62	9	4.88	NBC
	SWAT	0.29	4	4.33	CBS
	College Football: Tulane v. Army	0.28	4	2.00	ABC
	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.06	1	0.37	CW
8:30 PM	Bob Hearts Abishola (R)	0.06	1	0.39	CW
9 PM	Fire Country	0.31	4	4.51	CBS
	Children Ruin Everything	0.04	0	0.25	CW
9:15 PM	Happy's Place	0.38	5	3.39	NBC
9:30 PM	Children Ruin Everything	0.03	0	0.21	CW
9:45 PM	Lopez vs Lopez	0.26	4	1.99	NBC
10 PM	Blue Bloods	0.31	5	5.36	CBS
10:15 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.20	3	1.80	NBC

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.44	1.49
NBA: Bucks v. Celtics	ESPN	0.31	1.28
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.15	3.26
Private Princess Christmas	Hallmark	0.12	1.40
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.11	2.48
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.10	0.54
Hannity	Fox News	0.10	2.40
College Basketball: IL v. Northwestern	Big Ten	0.07	0.28
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.05	0.49
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.39
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.42
AEW: Rampage	TNT	0.04	0.18
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.02	0.61
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.02	0.58
Alex Wagner Tonight	MSNBC	0.02	0.50