CBS, along with every other network, had a fairly quiet week. Just as programs were starting to premiere and find their feet, not to mention an audience, the holiday specials and reruns kicked in. Ouch. NCIS topped the chart, still a sub 1.0 rating, but Gibbs and Company held their audience. NCIS New Orleans gained a tenth, NCIS Los Angeles was even. All Rise held its premiere rating while Bull was up a tenth.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NCIS | 0.9 | 10.1 | |
| 60 Minutes | 0.9 | 9.3 | |
| FBI | 0.9 | 8.4 | |
| The Neighborhood | 0.8 | 5.4 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.7 | 5.7 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.6 | 5.6 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.6 | 4.9 | |
| The Amazing Race | 0.6 | 3.9 | |
| The Amazing Race | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 0.5 | 4.9 | |
| Bull | 0.5 | 4.7 | |
| All Rise | 0.5 | 4.1 | |
| Frosty The Snowman | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.6 | |
| SWAT | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
| Frosty Returns | 0.4 | 2.3 | |
| NCIS Classics (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.8 | |
| B Positive (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
| Blue Bloods (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
| B Positive (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| CBS News Special | 0.3 | 2.1 | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | 0.2 | 1.5 | Import |
ABC execs had a good news/bad news sort of week. The good news, Big Sky held its premiere audience and Dancing with the Stars gained a couple of tenths with its finale. The not so good news, The American Music Awards lost more than half a point from last year's ceremony. For Life managed to gain a tenth. Fans of Black-ish may want to start worrying, though. It's renewal last year was a bit of a surprise, and so far the show hasn't done well to justify it continuing.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Bachelorette | 1.3 | 4.5 | |
| Dancing with the Stars (finale) | 1.0 | 6.4 | |
| American Music Awards | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
| Big Sky | 0.7 | 4.5 | |
| The Good Doctor | 0.6 | 4.3 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.6 | 4.1 | |
| The Conners | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
| American Housewife | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | 0.5 | 2.8 | |
| Wonderful World Of Disney Holiday Special | 0.5 | 2.4 | |
| For Life | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| Black-ish | 0.4 | 2.4 | |
| 20/20 | 0.4 | 2.3 | |
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | 0.4 | 2.1 | |
| Toy Story Holiday Special | 0.4 | 2.1 |
NBC had to do some last-minute scrambling when the Thanksgiving-night football game was cancelled at the last minute. A rerun of the National Dog Show was not what they were hoping for in terms of a ratings boost. The Voice was steady with last week's numbers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Sunday Night Football | 5.4 | 19.6 | |
| Football Night in America | 3.8 | 14.2 | |
| The Voice (Tuesday) | 1.0 | 7.1 | |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.9 | 7.1 | |
| How The Grinch Stole Christmas | 0.7 | 3.7 | |
| The Weakest Link (rerun) | 0.7 | 3.4 | |
| Minion Holiday Special | 0.7 | 3.2 | |
| National Dog Show (rerun) | 0.6 | 3.0 | |
| The Weakest Link | 0.5 | 3.2 | |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.5 | 3.2 | |
| Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving Special | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Transplant | 0.4 | 3.0 | Import |
| The Wall (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.8 | |
| Women of Worth | 0.2 | 1.5 |
FOX, however, feasted on an NFL overrun Thursday night and both The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice benefitted. Another overrun on Sunday wasn't as much help. The Simpsons were up two tenths, While Family Guy lost a tenth. Bob's Burgers and Bless the Harts were even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 6.1 | 23.9 | |
| The Masked Singer | 3.0 | 10.2 | |
| I Can See Your Voice | 1.6 | 5.5 | |
| The Simpsons | 1.5 | 4.4 | |
| Bless The Harts | 0.7 | 2.0 | |
| Bob's Burgers | 0.7 | 1.8 | Renewed |
| WWE Friday Night Smackdown | 0.6 | 2.0 | |
| Family Guy | 0.6 | 1.7 | Renewed |
| The Masked Singer (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.6 | |
| I Can See Your Voice (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
| LA's Finest | 0.3 | 1.6 | Import |
| Filthy Rich | 0.3 | 1.2 | Cancelled |
| Cosmos | 0.3 | 1.2 | Import |
| neXt | 0.2 | 0.9 | Cancelled |
The CW spent most of the week rerunning the Gilmore Girls "Year in the Life" episodes it borrowed from Netflix. The network also announced the upcoming season of Black Lightning would be the last. (Supergirl will also wrap after the next season.)
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| World's Funniest Animals | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| World's Funniest Animals (rerun) | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Gilmore Girls Special (Spring) | 0.1 | 0.5 | Import |
| Gilmore Girls Special (Summer) | 0.1 | 0.5 | Import |
| The Outpost | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| Gilmore Girls Special (Winter) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Import |
| Gilmore Girls Special (Fall) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Import |
| Pandora | 0.0 | 0.2 |
How are your favorite shows doing? With more and more holiday programming entering the network schedules, be prepared for more preemptions as we head into December. There's also the new filming restrictions in place for LA County and the possibility of new restrictions in New York City to consider as well. Networks may use the holidays as an excuse to add more reruns so they can start banking episodes already in the can as insurance against further work stoppages that may occur in the coming months.
Written by LadyShelley on Nov 30, 2020
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