Wednesday TV Ratings 11/22/23: SNL Thanksgiving Solid But Down from 2022, Survivor and The Amazing Race Hit Season Highs (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: The annual Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving special (0.46) was a tenth lower than last year's edition (0.56) but was still the second highest-rated broadcast of the evening in the Adults 18-49 demographic. NBC's night began with a Countdown to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (0.34), a special that was also a bit lower than it was in 2022 (0.42). On CBS, Survivor (0.85, +0.08) and The Amazing Race (0.43, +0.04) soared to new season highs. ABC had strong reruns of Celebrity Jeopardy! (0.40), Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.36), and The $100,000 Pyramid (0.28). Fox was nowhere near the alphabet network with encores of The Masked Singer (0.19) and Snake Oil (0.17). Over on the CW, Sullivan's Crossing (0.04, 0.00) and The Spencer Sisters (0.03, 0.00) were completely stable. 

Finals Update: Survivor, A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving, and repeats of Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, and The $100,000 Pyramid adjusted up to the next rounded tenth.

Thanksgiving Daytime Ratings 2022: Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Slightly Down from 2021, Cowboys/Giants NFL Game Gargantuan

It was a busy Thanksgiving, with three networks having huge event programming during the daytime hours- all crossing the coveted 1.0 mark in the key demo. NBC had the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, as well as the National Dog Show, with both sporting minor declines from 2021 - smaller declines, percentage-wise, than we've seen from primetime scripted programming this season. Fox had a pair of World Cup game, but their star attraction was a massive Giants/Cowboys NFL game later in the afternoon. CBS also broadcast the parade, but was far less successful, and also had an NFL game, and was also far less successful (though it was still massive).

Wednesday TV Ratings 11/23/22: Andor Preview Abysmal, Survivor Nears Series Low, SNL Thanksgiving Strong (UPDATED)

Finals Update: Survivor (+0.2), The Masked Singer (+0.1), An SNL Thanksgiving (+0.1), The Amazing Race (+0.1) and Andor (+0.1) adjusted up.

Analysis to come.

Thanksgiving Daytime Ratings: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Has Massive Result, Washington/Cowboys NFL Game Huge

Thanksgiving 2020 saw multiple high-publicized, heavily-watched special airings outside of primetime. Perhaps most beloved of all is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which drew a huge 5.8 for NBC and nearly 22 million viewers. Behind it, the National Dog Show had a strong 3.1 with about 12 million tuning in. Two daytime NFL games also aired, with Fox's Washington/Cowboys posting a huge result that later boosted The Masked Singer to nearly a series high.