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| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.3/7 | 1.9/6 | 1.8/5 | 1.7/5 | 0.8/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.7/6 | 1.2/4 | 1.8/6 | 1.5/5 | 0.6/2 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.349 | 10.130 | 4.201 | 4.794 | 3.716 | 0.890 |
ABC's Skating With The Stars finale skated past the finish line with just a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating. I'm sure ABC is happy it's over.
Fox's Million Dollar Money Drop's 2.0 adults 18-49 rating was even with its Monday 9pm airing.
NBC's Minute To Win It scored a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating, down 9% vs. last Tuesday. The repeat special Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas drew a Tuesday leading 2.3 adults 18-49 rating which was down 26% from its original airing on 12/17/09.
Late-night results are below the primetime data.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Tuesday, December 21, 2010:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | CBS | NCIS - R | 2.1 | 7 | 11.970 |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.9 | 6 | 6.377 | |
| FOX | GLEE - R | 1.3 | 4 | 4.024 | |
| ABC | Skating With The Stars | 0.8 | 3 | 3.454 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill - R | 0.5 | 2 | 1.201 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Minute To Win It | 2.4 | 7 | 7.624 |
| CBS | NCIS - R | 2.3 | 7 | 12.670 | |
| FOX | GLEE - R | 1.4 | 4 | 4.133 | |
| ABC | Skating With The Stars | 0.8 | 3 | 3.378 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill - R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.859 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | NCIS: LOS ANGELES - R | 2.2 | 6 | 11.533 |
| NBC | SNL PRESENTS: A VERY GILLY CHRISTMAS -R | 2.2 | 6 | 6.077 | |
| FOX | Million Dollar Money Drop | 1.9 | 5 | 5.234 | |
| ABC | No Ordinary Family - R | 0.8 | 2 | 3.176 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected - R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.782 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | SNL PRESENTS: A VERY GILLY CHRISTMAS -R | 2.4 | 7 | 6.271 |
| FOX | Million Dollar Money Drop | 2.1 | 6 | 5.785 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LOS ANGELES - R | 2.0 | 6 | 11.089 | |
| ABC | No Ordinary Family - R | 0.8 | 2 | 3.100 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected - R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.717 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | SNL PRESENTS: A VERY GILLY CHRISTMAS -R | 2.4 | 7 | 6.128 |
| CBS | THE Good Wife - R | 1.4 | 4 | 7.042 | |
| ABC | Detroit 1-8-7 - R | 0.9 | 3 | 4.472 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | SNL PRESENTS: A VERY GILLY CHRISTMAS -R | 2.3 | 7 | 5.615 |
| CBS | THE Good Wife - R | 1.2 | 4 | 6.472 | |
| ABC | Detroit 1-8-7 - R | 0.9 | 3 | 4.715 |
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via NBC press notes:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night:
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.0/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.8/7; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.2/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.6/5 with an encore.
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.1/4; "Late Show," 0.7/3; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3 with an encore.
At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.4/4 in metered-market households) trailed CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.6/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.7/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/2).
At 1:35 a.m., Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
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Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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