Thursday TV Ratings 11/28/24: Joyful Mrs. Miracle Solid on Hallmark, The Masked Singer Underperforms Last Year’s Thanksgiving NFL Lead-Out [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On Fox, an afternoon NFL game boosted The Masked Singer (1.20, +0.86) and The Floor (0.56, +0.29) to new season highs. ABC's showing of the 1964 film Mary Poppins (0.29) beat out CBS's encores of Georgie & Mandy (0.28), Ghosts (0.22), Matlock (0.19), and Elsbeth (0.14). NBC's Dolphins v. Packers NFL game (6.73) easily topped the night. The CW aired the 2001 classic Shrek (0.09). Key: (R) = repeat.

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.

Thursday TV Ratings 11/25/21: NFL Dominates Thanksgiving, United States of Al Hits Series High for Repeat, The Magic Maker Bombs (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: In keeping with Thanksgiving tradition, CBS yet again used the monstrous 'NFL Overrun' (10.58) to boost repeats, this time giving encores of 'Young Sheldon' (1.57), 'United States of Al' (0.92), 'Ghosts' (0.62), and 'Bull' (0.41) a massive jolt. Had these been original episodes, this would have been a new series high for 'Al' and 'Ghosts' and a new season high for the other two. On NBC, the 'Bills v. Saints' NFL game (5.66) was a sizable force and more than doubled its 'Football Night in America' lead-in (2.70). Fox's 'World Pet Games' (0.31) scored a modest yet unremarkable rating. ABC completely tanked with 'The Magic Maker' (0.18), a special that was then beat out by a pair of 'AFV' encores (0.24/0.29) that came after. The CW rebroadcasted their 'Scooby Doo, Where Are You Now!' special (0.09) and followed that up with reruns of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.09/0.07). 

Finals Update: 'NFL Overrun' (+3.9), 'NFL: Bills v. Saints' (+1.7), 'The Magic Maker' (+0.1), and both repeats of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of 'Young Sheldon' (-0.7) adjusted down.

Wednesday TV Ratings 11/24/21: SNL Thanksgiving Above 2020 Showing, Survivor Leads, CSI: Vegas Scores Season High (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: With the majority of shows in repeat-mode on the eve of Thanksgiving, 'Survivor' (0.99, +0.05) picked up five-hundredths and led CBS to an easy victory. 'Tough As Nails' (0.49, +0.10) and 'CSI: Vegas' (0.49, +0.06) enjoyed even bigger gains in the back-half of the evening, with 'Vegas' flat-out hitting a new series high. On NBC, 'An SNL Thanksgiving' (0.59) was nearly a full tenth above what it garnered in 2020 (0.5). Much of that could be chalked up to the fact that the 'Chicago Med' rerun (0.35) that led into it was significantly higher than its year-ago 'Women of Worth' lead-in (0.2). The CW's 'Legends of Tomorrow' (0.07, -0.01) shed a hundredth while 'Batwoman' (0.09, +0.01) rose by one. ABC had repeats of 'The Goldbergs' (0.37), 'The Wonder Years' (0.28), 'The Conners' (0.27), 'Home Economics' (0.18), and 'The Queen Family Singalong' (0.16). Fox went with encores of 'The Masked Singer' (0.34) and 'Alter Ego' (0.20).

Finals Update: 'Survivor' (+0.1), 'SNL Thanksgiving' (+0.1), 'Tough As Nails' (+0.1), 'CSI: Vegas' (+0.1), and repeats of 'The Goldbergs' (+0.1), 'The Wonder Years' (0.1), 'The Conners' (+0.1), 'The Queen Family Singalong' (+0.1), and 'Chicago Med' (+0.1) adjusted up.