The animated How The Grinch Stole Christmas was adjusted down five tenths among adults 18-49 versus the preliminary Tuesday broadcast ratings. The final basketball ratings can also be found below.
Broadcast primetime final ratings for Tuesday:
| Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| ABC | NBA Basketball Runover (8-8:40PM) | 3.6/13 | 9.63 |
| CBS | NCIS - R | 1.4/4 | 9.84 |
| NBC | Horton Hears A Who (8-10PM) | 1.1/3 | 3.13 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.7/2 | 1.87 |
| CW | Hart Of Dixie - R | 0.2/1 | 0.70 |
| ABC | How The Grinch Stole Christmas (8:40-9:10PM) | 1.8/5 | 5.09 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.6/2 | 1.47 |
| ABC | Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (9:10-11:40PM) | 1.7/5 | 4.65 |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles - R | 1.5/4 | 8.62 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.6/2 | 1.52 |
| CW | Emily Owens M.D. - R | 0.1/0 | 0.68 |
| FOX | New Girl - R | 0.7/2 | 1.76 |
| CBS | Vegas - R | 1.1/3 | 5.98 |
| NBC | Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas - R | 0.7/2 | 2.47 |
-
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
That’s quite an abysmal rating for Emily Owens, M.D. Not surprising, though.
0.1/0
That’s pretty bad.
Do you have the total viewers for the basketball games on ABC, not just the runover?
YESS ABC won Christmas!!!!