ABC gave an early premiere to Abbott Elementary last week, setting the new comedy series behind a strong lead-in of Live In Front of a Studio Audience. The question is, will that audience remember the show by the time its second episode airs in January? Station 19 lost a couple of tenths with its first new episode in a couple of weeks. Grey's Anatomy was down a tenth. Queens returned after a week off. The good news was it picked up about four hundred thousand viewers from its last new episode. The less good news is that is still lower than what Superstar managed in the same slot. The Rookie and Big Sky were even with their last new episodes.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | 1.0 | 4.8 | |
| Abbott Elementary (premiere) | 0.6 | 2.9 | |
| Station 19 | 0.5 | 4.1 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.5 | 3.6 | |
| Shark Tank | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
| A Very Boy Band Holiday | 0.5 | 2.8 | |
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | 0.5 | 2.6 | |
| The Bachelorette (Monday) | 0.5 | 2.1 | |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | 0.4 | 3.1 | |
| Toy Story That Time Forgot | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
| The Rookie | 0.3 | 2.8 | |
| Big Sky | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| 20/20 | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| Supermarket Sweep | 0.3 | 1.9 | |
| The Conners (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
| Queens | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
| Something's Coming West Side Story | 0.2 | 2.7 | |
| Home Economics (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
| The Chase (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.2 |
CBS wrapped CSI: Vegas last week. With no news regarding a back nine order or anything about a renewal, chances are the show will be quietly shuffled off. Ghosts picked up five hundred thousand viewers. The FBI shows returned after a few weeks off. FBI was down a tenth from its last new episode, FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International were even. NCIS Hawai'i was down a tenth. Bull was even, but as the lowest-rated drama on the network, its chances for a season seven are slim at best.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 4.9 | 21.1 | |
| 60 Minutes | 1.4 | 10.3 | |
| Survivor | 0.9 | 5.7 | |
| Young Sheldon | 0.7 | 7.0 | Renewed (through 2024) |
| NCIS | 0.6 | 7.2 | |
| FBI | 0.6 | 7.0 | |
| The Neighborhood | 0.6 | 5.3 | |
| Blue Bloods | 0.5 | 5.9 | |
| FBI: International | 0.5 | 5.8 | |
| Ghosts | 0.5 | 5.8 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.5 | 5.6 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.5 | 5.4 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| SWAT | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| The National Christmas Tree Lighting | 0.5 | 4.0 | |
| NCIS: Hawai'i | 0.4 | 5.2 | |
| United States of Al | 0.4 | 5.0 | |
| B Positive | 0.4 | 4.3 | |
| CSI: Vegas (finale) | 0.4 | 3.5 | |
| Tough As Nails (finale) | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
| Bull | 0.3 | 4.0 | |
| 23rd Annual A Home for the Holidays | 0.3 | 2.3 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.0 |
NBC ran specials for most of the week. The Chicago shows returned after a month off. Chicago Fire and Med were even with their last new episodes. Chicago PD picked up a tenth. The Law & Order shows also made a last appearance for 2021. Special Victims Unit was even with its last new episode. Organised Crime was up a tenth.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Sunday Night Football | 4.6 | 17.5 | |
| Football Night In America | 2.1 | 8.4 | |
| The Voice (Tuesday) | 0.7 | 6.9 | |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.7 | 6.8 | |
| Chicago Fire | 0.7 | 6.8 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Chicago Med | 0.7 | 6.6 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Chicago PD | 0.7 | 5.6 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| People's Choice Awards | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.6 | 3.5 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Law & Order: Organised Crime | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
| Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City | 0.4 | 3.3 | |
| The Wall | 0.4 | 2.5 | |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| The Blacklist | 0.3 | 2.9 |
FOX wrapped Alter Ego and The Big Leap last week. Chances are that's the last you will see of both shows. Our Kind Of People lost a ratings tenth and another three hundred thousand viewers. It will finish its run and limp off into the dust pile of TV history in January.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Thursday Night Football | 3.8 | 14.0 | |
| 9-1-1 | 0.8 | 5.4 | |
| The Masked Singer | 0.8 | 4.3 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.7 | 2.5 | |
| WWE Smackdown | 0.5 | 2.2 | |
| The Resident | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.2 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Family Guy (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.1 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Alter Ego (finale) | 0.3 | 2.0 | |
| The Big Leap (finale) | 0.3 | 1.2 | |
| The Great North (rerun) | 0.3 | 0.9 | Renewed |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.3 | 0.9 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Our Kind Of People | 0.2 | 1.1 |
The CW had a quiet week. The Flash was steady with the previous week, taking the top spot once again. Walker had even ratings, but managed to pick up one hundred thousand viewers, making it the most-watched show on the network. All American returned after a week off, losing a hundred thousand viewers. 4400 was even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Flash | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
| All American | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| Walker | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Christmas Around The World | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
| Legacies | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| 4400 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Riverdale | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Nancy Drew | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Legends of the Hidden Temple | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Ratings Roundup is off for the holidays and will return in January. Happy Holidays!
Written by LadyShelley on Dec 13, 2021
A new article will post on Monday. :)
Hey Lady, hope you are doing ok in 2022 :D
No, I was just wondering. Because I just start following your articles recently. Thanks, though.
Networks are running mostly specials and reruns through the end of the year so there is very little if any, regular programming to report on. For example, if there had been a report for today, it would cover the week of December 12, however, there were only a few network shows running new episodes last week. The week of Christmas and the week of New Year's there aren't any.
Did you have a question about a specific show? If it ran last week, I can find the numbers for you.
The NFL season runs through most of the regular television season, so if we were to skip those weeks, there wouldn't be any ratings news until February. Football does skew things, especially if there is an overrun into primetime hours, but it's also a known variable.
Btw, how come there's no update on the ratings for the past two weeks?
I feel like having ratings for the weeks when football events are happening is kind of pointless. It's always skewed.
CSI: Vegas renewed for a second season
looks like csi vegas is safe.