Wednesday TV Ratings 1/6/21: Name That Tune Grows Slightly on The Masked Dancer in Viewers, Capitol Hill Coverage on NBC Leads (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Regular programming was largely disrupted by the riots at the Capitol, NBC's coverage (1.0) was two-tenths ahead of ABC's (0.8) while CBS's presentation (0.3) trailed the other two by a significant amount. CBS's broadcast came an hour after the alphabet and peacock networks, leading out of repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.5) and 'The Neighborhood' (0.4). Amidst the riots, Fox decided to go ahead with their scheduled broadcasts, airing the timeslot debut of 'The Masked Dancer' (0.7) and the series premiere of 'Name That Tune' (0.7). Although 'Dancer' shed seven-tenths from its football-boosted preview (1.4), it remains in fairly solid territory. 'Tune' was able to fully retain its lead-in and beat out all programs in its timeslot. The CW went with 'Riverdale' (0.1) and 'Nancy Drew' (0.1) repeats. 

Finals Update: 'NBC News: Capitol Hill Coverage' (+0.1) adjusted up. 

Saturday Cable Ratings 11/7/20: CNN Has Another Massive Night as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Win and Deliver Victory Speeches, Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater Strong on Hallmark

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Saturday, 11/7/20. Items of note include election coverage and on CNN and MSNBC, Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater on Hallmark, and College Football on ESPN.

(Note: Click the name of any show with its title in red to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

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Saturday TV Ratings 11/7/20: Biden and Harris Victory Speeches Rate Solidly, Clemson/Notre Dame Game Huge, SNL Massive (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: NBC's 'Clemson v. Notre Dame' college football game (2.1) absolutely demolished ABC's game (0.4) head-on in the 8pm hour. Right in the middle was CBS's coverage of President-elect Joe Biden's victory speech (0.7). CBS closed things out with a much lower-rated '48 Hours' (0.3). Fox went with a weak 'PBC Boxing' (0.3). Finally, a Dave Chapelle-hosted 'Saturday Night Live' posted a colossal 2.6 A18-49 rating, double what the comedy series garnered last week (1.3).  

Finals Update: NBC's football game (2.5, +0.4), CBS's Biden speech (1.0, +0.3), and '48 Hours' (0.4, +0.1) adjusted up.

Wednesday Cable Ratings 11/4/20: CNN Dominates as Biden/Trump Race Remains Uncalled, Tucker Carlson, ReidOut, Deadline: White House and Morning Joe Soar

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Wednesday, 11/4/20. Items of note include the finale of Archer on FXX,  Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS, and Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News.

(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)