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. 

Sunday TV Ratings 12/22/24: Kennedy Center Honors Drop Despite NFL Lead-In, The Great North Weak in One-Off Airing, Dune: Prophecy Rises for Finale [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Despite having an NFL-inflated 60 Minutes (0.97, -0.08) as its lead-in, the Kennedy Center Honors (0.29) declined from last year (0.32). The ceremony was a complete eyesore in the retention department, holding just under 30% of the CBS newsmagazine staple. Over on Fox, The Simpsons (0.26, -0.14) dropped but avoided hitting a new season low. At 9, The Great North (0.16) underwhelmed in a one-off showing, falling behind a repeat of Basic Guys (0.17). On ABC, Tim Allen film The Santa Clause (0.28) performed well enough. NBC's NFL game (4.07) was a few ticks behind last week's. The CW aired Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (0.03) and a very low-rated rerun of Bob Hearts Abishola (0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.

Wednesday TV Ratings 12/27/23: Kennedy Center Honors Heavily Down, The Year Also Drops, College Football Leads (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (0.32) declined by almost 30% from last year's ceremony (0.45) but still beat out E! News Presents NBC's Hot 10 of 2023 (0.24). NBC also had reruns of Magnum P.I. (0.14) and Chicago Med (0.14) that matched The Neighborhood repeat (0.14) that aired on CBS. On ABC, The Year (0.30) was a clear step behind the encore of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.40) that led into it but was only five-hundredths lower than last year (0.35). The Louisville v. USC college football game (0.80) doubled its nearest competitor in the Adults 18-49 demographic and led Fox to a Wednesday win. The CW got a modest result out of WOW - Women of Wrestling (0.04).

Finals Update: College Football: Louisville v. USC (+0.1), The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (+0.1), and the repeat of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (+0.1) adjusted up.

Wednesday TV Ratings 12/28/22: Kennedy Center Honors Slightly Up from 2021 Ceremony, College Football Leads, The Wheel Drops (UPDATED)

Finals Update: College Football: OR v NC (+0.2) and The Wheel (+0.1) adjusted up.

Wednesday TV Ratings 12/22/21: Kennedy Center Honors Rise from Previous 2021 Ceremony, The Grinch and The Price is Right At Night Tie for First, Masked Singer Christmas Special Weak (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS led a relatively quiet evening with a solid edition of 'The Price is Right At Night' (0.61) and the 'Kennedy Center Honors' (0.41). 'Price is Right At Night' was down by two-tenths from its year-ago broadcast (0.81) while the 'Kennedy Center Honors' (0.41) grew by six-hundredths compared to its previous telecast (0.35). NBC gave 'Price is Right' a run for its money by airing 2018 film 'Dr. Seuss' The Grinch' (0.54) but fell a bit sort of eclipsing its game-show competitor. The 10pm repeat of 'Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City' (0.35) lost two-tenths from 'Grinch'. ABC settled for third in the 8pm hour with a decent rerun of 'Live In Front of a Studio Audience' (0.42). The alphabet network completely fell off the map after that with feeble encores of 'Home Economics' (0.24) and 'The Chase' (0.21). On Fox, a 'Masked Singer Christmas Singalong' (0.30) attracted few eyeballs and only bested some of ABC's reruns and the CW's lineup. In CW news, Christmas cartoon 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer' (0.10) was four-hundredths higher than Saturday's showing (0.06). 'Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic' (0.10) matched 'Grandma' at 9. 

Finals Update: 'The Price is Right At Night' (+0.1) and the repeat of 'Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City' (+0.1) adjusted up.