Ratings Analysis: NBC continued its Christmas tradition of airing both the 1966 Grinch cartoon (0.28) and the 2000 feature film (0.40). The latter was up slightly from last year (0.38), while the cartoon was down a bit from 2023 (0.32). On ABC, the Lakers v. Warriors NBA game (1.32) topped the night, but the Nuggets v. Suns game (0.60) dropped dramatically from there. CBS re-aired NCIS (0.20/0.17/0.18). Fox went with another Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular encore (0.12). The CW had another round of acquired sitcom reruns (0.04/0.05/0.04/0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.
Time | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers (mil) | Network |
| 8 PM | NBA: Lakers v. Warriors | 1.32 | 17 | 4.85 | ABC |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (R) | 0.28 | 4 | 1.95 | NBC |
| NCIS (R) | 0.20 | 3 | 2.4 | CBS |
| LEGO Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular (R) | 0.12 | 2 | 0.64 | Fox |
| The Conners (R) | 0.04 | 1 | 0.37 | CW |
| 8:30 PM | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | 0.40 | 5 | 1.89 | NBC |
| The Conners (R) | 0.05 | 1 | 0.34 | CW |
| 9 PM | NCIS (R) | 0.17 | 2 | 2.33 | CBS |
| Bob Hearts Abishola (R) | 0.04 | 0 | 0.24 | CW |
| 9:30 PM | Bob Hearts Abishola (R) | 0.03 | 0 | 0.24 | CW |
| 10 PM | NCIS (R) | 0.18 | 3 | 2.07 | CBS |
| 10:30 PM | NBA: Nuggets v. Suns | 0.60 | 11 | 2.39 | ABC |
Cable:
Show | Network | 18-49 Viewers | Viewers (mil.) |
| NBA: Lakers v. Warriors | ESPN | 1.00 | 3.00 |
| A Christmas Story (7 PM) | TNT | 0.21 | N/A |
| AEW: Dynamite | TBS | 0.18 | 0.57 |
| NFL: Ravens v. Texans | NFL | 0.15 | 1.17 |
| NFL: Chiefs v. Steelers | NFL | 0.13 | 0.85 |
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