CBS gave early renewals to two of its freshman shows last week. Sheriff Country and Boston Blue will both be returning next season to the relief of their fans. NCIS fans made a good showing last week. NCIS and NCIS: Origins were each up half a million viewers. NCIS: Sydney was about even. Freshman comedy, DMV picked up two hundred thousand viewers after swapping timeslots with The Neighborhood. Unfortunately, The Neighborhood lost four hundred thousand viewers with that move. Tracker picked up nearly a million viewers from its last NFL-assisted episode. The Road was up two hundred thousand viewers. Watson picked up three hundred thousand viewers, but it may be a case of too little too late. It is still the lowest-rated drama on the network.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 5.55 | 26.9 | |
| 60 Minutes | 1.13 | 10.9 | |
| Survivor | 0.63 | 4.41 | |
| Tracker | 0.48 | 8.51 | |
| NCIS | 0.34 | 6.06 | |
| Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | 0.34 | 5.78 | |
| Ghosts | 0.33 | 1.56 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Origins | 0.29 | 4.45 | |
| The Amazing Race | 0.28 | 2.61 | |
| Matlock | 0.27 | 4.75 | |
| The Neighborhood | 0.25 | 3.23 | Final Season |
| DMV | 0.23 | 3.12 | |
| The Road | 0.22 | 2.92 | |
| FBI | 0.21 | 4.42 | Renewed |
| Elsbeth | 0.20 | 3.63 | |
| Sheriff Country | 0.19 | 5.08 | Renewed |
| Boston Blue | 0.15 | 4.13 | Renewed |
| Fire Country | 0.15 | 3.84 | |
| NCIS: Sydney | 0.15 | 3.07 | Import |
| Watson | 0.14 | 2.95 | |
| Boston Blue (rerun) | 0.14 | 1.86 |
ABC premiered its latest instalment of Prep & Landing last week. Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol did fairly well considering how late it aired (9:00pm Eastern). Someone should maybe remind the ABC schedulers that most young kiddos are in bed by nine or ten pm. The Great Christmas Light Fight opened its thirteenth season about even with where it premiered last year. Shifting Gears and Abbott Elementary were back after taking a couple of weeks off. Shifting Gears picked up one hundred thousand viewers, while Abbott Elementary was down one hundred thousand viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Dancing with the Holidays | 0.65 | 5.19 | |
| Shifting Gears | 0.41 | 3.75 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos I | 0.39 | 4.53 | |
| America College Football Championship | 0.39 | 2.52 | |
| CMA Country Christmas | 0.34 | 3.91 | |
| The Wonderful World Of Disney Holiday Spectacular | 0.31 | 2.89 | |
| Celebrity Family Feud (finale) | 0.30 | 3.26 | |
| Abbott Elementary | 0.26 | 2.29 | |
| Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice | 0.24 | 1.46 | |
| Prep & Landing | 0.23 | 2.04 | |
| Prep & Landing The Snowball Protocol | 0.23 | 1.37 | |
| The Great Christmas Light Fight I (premiere) | 0.22 | 2.32 | |
| What Would You Do? Holiday Edition | 0.21 | 2.33 | |
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | 0.21 | 1.31 | |
| The Great Christmas Light Fight II | 0.20 | 1.92 | |
| Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town | 0.16 | 1.18 | |
| Shark Tank II (rerun) | 0.14 | 1.37 | |
| Press Your Luck (rerun) | 0.14 | 1.29 | |
| Shark Tank I (rerun) | 0.13 | 1.37 |
NBC filled most of its schedule with holiday fare last week. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a good night for its annual viewing. St Denis Medical was up four hundred thousand viewers and will likely be renewed. Happy's Place was down three hundred thousand viewers. Stumble lost another hundred thousand viewers it couldn't afford. Brilliant Minds was even with its last new episode, but as the network's lowest-rated drama, its chances of renewal have faded.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Football Night In America | TBA | TBA | |
| NBA Basketball | TBA | TBA | |
| NFL Sunday Night Football | 4.09 | 17.88 | |
| 93rd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 0.55 | 6.05 | |
| Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer | 0.46 | 3.64 | |
| Christmas in Nashville | 0.37 | 3.94 | |
| How The Grinch Stole Christmas | 0.35 | 3.16 | |
| Frosty The Snowman | 0.34 | 2.87 | |
| St Denis Medical | 0.32 | 2.68 | |
| Happy's Place | 0.26 | 2.53 | |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.25 | 3.49 | |
| The Paper | 0.21 | 1.67 | Import |
| Law & Order SVU (rerun) | 0.18 | 1.95 | |
| Dateline: NBC | 0.15 | 1.80 | |
| Stumble | 0.15 | 1.63 | |
| Brilliant Minds | 0.14 | 1.77 | |
| All Her Fault | 0.11 | 1.56 | Import |
FOX wrapped Murder in a Small Town last week. The drama ended even with the previous week and, assuming the network continues with scripted content, should be renewed. Next Level Baker premiered low compared to other Gordon Ramsey shows.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Simpsons | 0.28 | 1.15 | Renewed through 2028-29 season |
| The Floor | 0.26 | 2.39 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.26 | 1.04 | |
| Krapopolis (rerun) | 0.25 | 1.03 | |
| Mountain West College Football Championship | 0.24 | 1.46 | |
| 99 To Beat | 0.21 | 1.68 | |
| Universal Basic Guys | 0.20 | 0.87 | Renewed |
| Hell's Kitchen | 0.17 | 1.58 | |
| Murder in a Small Town (finale) | 0.16 | 2.20 | |
| Name That Tune | 0.16 | 1.67 | |
| Krapopolis (rerun) | 0.16 | 0.6 | Renewed through 2028-29 season |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.14 | 0.63 | Renewed through 2028-29 season |
| Celebrity Weakest Link | 0.13 | 1.62 | |
| TMZ's Most Outrageous Moments of 2025 | 0.12 | 1.08 | |
| Next Level Baker (premiere) | 0.11 | 1.07 |
Holiday shows are taking over network schedules. Many current scripted shows will be on hiatus until January (or later). What Christmas shows are you looking forward to watching?
Written by LadyShelley on Dec 10, 2025
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