CBS wrapped up the pre-holiday week with a slew of new episodes. Young Sheldon ran its first new episode in a month, and lost a ratings tenth for its trouble. B Positive, Bob (Hearts) Abishola, and Mom were also all down a tenth from the previous week. The Unicorn was also down, and fans may want to start worrying. If that number doesn't come up in the new year, the show may be done after two seasons. MacGyver, Magnum PI, Blue Bloods, and SWAT were all even. All Rise and SEAL Team lost a tenth.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| College Football | 2.0 | 8.4 | |
| 60 Minutes | 0.8 | 9.0 | |
| The Amazing Race | 0.8 | 4.5 | |
| Young Sheldon | 0.7 | 6.9 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.6 | 6.0 | |
| The Neighborhood | 0.6 | 5.3 | |
| Blue Bloods | 0.5 | 6.2 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.5 | 5.3 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.5 | 4.8 | |
| B Positive | 0.5 | 4.6 | |
| Mom | 0.5 | 4.6 | |
| SEAL Team | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| SWAT | 0.5 | 4.1 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 0.4 | 5.2 | |
| Bull | 0.4 | 5.1 | |
| MacGyver | 0.4 | 4.7 | |
| All Rise | 0.4 | 4.1 | |
| The Unicorn | 0.4 | 3.4 | |
| FBI (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
| NCIS Classics | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| Play On | 0.3 | 2.3 | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | 0.2 | 1.7 | Import |
ABC ran only five scripted programs last week. Grey's Anatomy was down a tenth, however, Station 19 picked up two tenths. Big Sky, A Million Little Things, and For Life were all even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Grey's Anatomy | 1.1 | 5.7 | |
| The Bachelorette (Tuesday) | 1.1 | 4.4 | |
| Station 19 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| The Bachelorette (Monday) | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
| The Great Christmas Light Fight | 0.7 | 3.7 | |
| Big Sky | 0.6 | 3.9 | |
| A Million Little Things | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| Shrek The Halls | 0.5 | 2.6 | |
| Supermarket Sweep | 0.5 | 2.4 | |
| College Football | 0.5 | 2.1 | |
| Disney Holiday Sing-Along (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.5 | |
| 20/20 | 0.4 | 2.5 | |
| For Life | 0.4 | 2.2 | |
| The Shot: Race for a Vaccine | 0.4 | 1.8 | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire | 0.3 | 2.5 | |
| Card Sharks | 0.3 | 1.8 |
NBC's schedule last week was mostly The Voice and holiday specials. The Voice gained a tenth for both its Monday and Tuesday finale episodes. Canadian import program, Nurses, held its low opening. The chances of the network picking up the program as it did with Transplant are slim with those numbers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Sunday Night Football | 4.6 | 17.0 | |
| Football Night in America | 2.4 | 9.1 | |
| The Voice (Tuesday) (finale) | 0.9 | 7.3 | |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.9 | 7.1 | |
| The Voice (rerun) | 0.7 | 5.9 | |
| SNL: Christmas Special (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.8 | |
| Thursday Night Movie: A Coat of Many Colors | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
| Dateline (Thursday) | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
| Radio City Christmas Special (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.1 | |
| Nurses | 0.4 | 3.0 | Import |
| The Weakest Link (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.5 | |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.3 | 2.9 | |
| Vintage SNL | 0.3 | 2.3 | |
| The Wall (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.0 | |
| Global Citizen Prize | 0.2 | 1.5 |
FOX wrapped The Masked Singer with a healthy bump, up more than half a point from the previous week. The Simpsons benefited from a good Sunday afternoon football game, though there wasn't an overrun. Bless The Harts, Bob's Burgers, and Family Guy were all up a few tenths as well.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Thursday Night Football | 3.4 | 13.0 | |
| The OT | 3.0 | 10.4 | |
| The Masked Singer (finale) | 1.8 | 7.4 | |
| NFL Thursday Night Football Pregame | 1.7 | 7.3 | |
| The Masked Singer Special | 1.3 | 5.4 | |
| The Simpsons | 1.3 | 3.9 | |
| College Football | 0.8 | 3.4 | |
| Bless The Harts | 0.7 | 2.0 | |
| Bob's Burgers | 0.7 | 1.8 | Renewed |
| Family Guy | 0.7 | 1.8 | Renewed |
| The Masked Singer (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
| The Masked Singer (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.3 | |
| LA's Finest | 0.3 | 1.3 | Import |
| Cosmos | 0.3 | 1.2 | Import |
| neXt | 0.2 | 0.9 | Cancelled |
| Cosmos (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.8 |
The CW saw much the same as in previous weeks. No show rated higher than a 0.1. Premieres in January can't come fast enough for the network.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Dogs of the Year | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
| Swamp Thing | 0.1 | 0.6 | Import |
| World's Funniest Animals | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
| iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| World's Funniest Animals (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Christmas Caroler Challenge | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Penn & Teller Fool Us (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Tell Me A Story | 0.1 | 0.3 | Import |
| Devils | 0.1 | 0.3 | Import |
| Pandora | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| The Outpost | 0.0 | 0.2 | Renewed |
And that wraps up the Fall network season, such as it was, for the five main networks. So far, it has been an odd season thanks to filming restrictions, and all of the networks are hoping for more of a normal schedule in the new year. The CW will premiere its new season beginning the week of January 17 with Batwoman, Charmed, and freshman drama Walker amongst others, and will be trickling out other premieres over the following weeks.
Ratings Roundup is off for the holidays and will return in January.
Happy Holidays!
Written by LadyShelley on Dec 21, 2020
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