Tuesday TV Ratings 12/23/25: Kennedy Center Honors Drop to All-Time Low and Lose to High Potential Repeat, NBA Leads Quiet Night [+ Analysis]

On CBS, the Kennedy Center Honors (0.21) dropped by nearly 28% in the key demographic from 2024 (0.29), even losing to a repeat of ABC's High Potential (0.22) that aired in the 8 p.m. hour. NBA on NBC (0.25/0.29) was a notch above those offerings. Fox aired repeats of Murder in a Small Town (0.09) and Doc (0.08). WWE NXT (0.08, 0.00) matched last week's rating on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NBA on NBC	0.25	5	1.73	NBC
	High Potential (R)	0.22	4	3.24	ABC
	The 48th Annual Kennedy Center Honors	0.21	4	3.01	CBS
	Murder in a Small Town (R)	0.09	2	1.05	Fox
	WWE NXT	0.08	1	0.60	CW
9 PM	High Potential (R)	0.17	3	2.95	ABC
	Doc (R)	0.08	1	0.88	Fox
10 PM	High Potential (R)	0.16	3	2.64	ABC
10:30 PM	NBA on NBC	0.29	5	1.49	NBC
	Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (R)	0.15	3	1.64	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
The Grinch	Freeform	0.18	N/A
Baylen Out Loud	TLC	0.12	N/A
NHL	TNT	0.12	N/A
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.10	N/A
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.09	N/A
Hannity	Fox News	0.08	N/A
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MS NOW	0.06	N/A
All in with Chris Hayes	MS NOW	0.04	N/A
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.04	N/A
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MS NOW	0.04	N/A
The Oval	BET	0.03	N/A
The Oval	BET	0.03	N/A
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.03	N/A
NewsNight	CNN	0.03	N/A
NHL	TruTV	0.03	N/A