Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings:
CBS Wins; One-Third of the Line-Up Holiday Specials
Tuesday 11/30/10
Note: The overnight data now includes DVR playback until 3 a.m. local time. One year earlier it was based on Live data only.
CBS 7.3/11
NBC 6.0/ 9
Fox 5.7/ 9
ABC 4.4/ 7
CW 1.4/ 2
-Note: The year-to-year comparisons are excluded today because President Obama addressed the country on the year-ago evening.
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-Yesterday’s Winners:
Glee (Fox), NCIS R (CBS)
-On the Year-to-Year Plus Side:
Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer R (CBS), Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS)
-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
One Tree Hill (CW), No Ordinary Family (ABC), Raising Hope (Fox), Running Wilde (Fox), Life Unexpected (CW)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS led the Tuesday overnights despite two-thirds of its line-up in repeats, with a 22 percent advantage over second-place NBC. But the home of Glee, Fox, is poised for overall victory among adults 18-49. Third in the overnights was Fox, followed by ABC and The CW.
Minus NCIS in the competitive mix, Fox’s Glee won the 8 p.m. hour, with an 8.2 rating/13 share in the overnights. Second was NBC’s annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center (7.6/12), followed by perennial CBS holiday favorite Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (6.3/10), repeats of ABC’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (4.3/ 7) and Shrek the Halls (3.9/ 6), and One Tree Hill on The CW (1.5/ 2). Comparably, Christmas in Rockefeller Center built by 27 percent from one year earlier (6.0/10 on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009). Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer averaged a 5.8/ 9 on that same evening, so both holiday specials were on the plus side. Keep in mind, however, that Rudolph is expected to have the advantage among adults 18-49 over the older-skewing Rockefeller Center extravaganza.
Capping off the 9 p.m. hour were Fox sitcoms Raising Hope (#3t: 4.1/ 6), which held only 48 percent of the 8:30 p.m. portion of Glee (8.5/13) and canceled Running Wilde (#4: 2.4/ 4), and canceled Life Unexpected on The CW (#5: 1.3/ 2).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)
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