| Scoreboard | ABC | UNI | CBS | NBC | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.0/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.6/2 | 0.2/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.9/7 | 1.3/5 | 0.7/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.6/2 | 0.1/0 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 5.435 | 3.477 | 8.120 | 2.937 | 1.644 | 0.689 |
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Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for ABC (NBA Basketball are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
ABC was the number one network in adults 18-49 while CBS was on top with total viewers.
On ABC, the end of the NBA Basketball game topped the night with a preliminary 3.0 adults 18-49 rating. The movie version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas earned a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating from 9-11PM.
On NBC, Horton Hears a Who garnered a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating even with Thanksgiving, 2011.
Broadcast primetime ratings for December 25, 2012:
| Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| ABC | NBA Basketball Runover - Live | 3.0/9 | 8.44 |
| CBS | NCIS - R | 1.4/4 | 9.74 |
| NBC | Horton Hears A Who (8-10PM) | 1.1/3 | 3.15 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.7/2 | 1.87 |
| CW | Hart Of Dixie - R | 0.2/1 | 0.73 |
| ABC | Basketball/ How The Grinch Stole Christmas | 2.3/7 | 6.34 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.6/2 | 1.48 |
| ABC | Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (9-11PM) | 1.7/5 | 4.46 |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles - R | 1.4/4 | 8.59 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.6/2 | 1.61 |
| CW | Emily Owens M.D. - R | 0.1/0 | 0.65 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.7/2 | 1.74 |
| CBS | Vegas - R | 1.1/3 | 6.03 |
| NBC | Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas - R | 0.7/2 | 2.52 |
via press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night:
Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
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.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
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.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
Holy Macaroni, even NCIS repeats skew waay old!
CW’s gonna go below the radar (0.0) this summer, you’ll see…
Why the hell is the cw repeating a canceled show?
Worse than that.
The CW was promoting new episodes of this cancelled show…for the New Year.
Really? Did not know that.. They are lost cause
Ouch @ CW
New Girl pulled the same numbers as Raising Hope did the day before.
But who’s ready for those sad numbers for Ben & Kate come tomorrow ?
8 – 0.4/1
830 – 0.3/1
9 – 0.4/1
930 – 0.3/1
Mindy will probably pull at least ONE 0.5 but expect the numbers to be the Same.
Lol at Emily Owens, M.D.
ABC: Benefited from basketball overrun, obviously.
CBS: Good for repeats, at least in viewers.
NBC: Oh well. It’s all repeats and a movie, what do you expect?
FOX: 2 hours of New Girl, never going over 0.7. Take that how you want to.
CW: What can I say? It’s the CW.
In my semi-awake stupor, I though EOMD rated a 1, then I did a double take and it was a .1. Glad to see The Grinch is still “The King” in TV Christmas ratings.
Hey can anyone tell me how many viewers the movie merlin got? It aired on telefutura
I highly doubt the bad numbers at CW mean anything considering it was Christmas and they were repeats.
I think the CW would’ve been better off running the Yule Log last night. That’s 2 hrs of Christmas music & watching a burning log. Though commercial disruptions would break the ambiance.
Last year: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/12/28/sunday-final-ratings-bears-packers-averages-over-24-million-viewers-christmas-night/114782/
New Girl did better than I expected; almost did as well as Fox’s animation block last year.
Horton vs. Grinch — one of the dumber schedulings ever. I watched BBT on TBS instead
Of course it was Christmas and you were supposed to be doing something besides watch TV
CW = hahahaha…!!
New Girl Marathon = Fail.
@dantas
What’s the point of even bringing that up? Stupid.
ABC actually won a Tuesday without DWTS.
@ToXiX,
Ben & Kate’s ratings will be embrassing low. It has to compete against ABC’s successful lineup with The Middle and Modern Family. Also NBC has comedies in the 8pm hour. It would of been better if FOX did something like this:
8pm Simpsons
8:30 Ben & Kate
9pm Family Guy
9:30 Ben & Kate
FOX did not need 2 full hours of this freshman comedy.