Forget Santa, Frosty, or Grandma. The Fox and The Grinch were the Friday ratings winners when it came to Friday ratings. WWE Friday Night SmackDown
The WWE presents holiday specials on a night packed with holiday specials SmackDownThe demo wars ended in a tie for first place with a 0.5. As the battle royale to determine the No. The spotlight was on Sami Zayn, the No. 1 contender. The night also saw the return of bad boy Brock Lesnar, who was announced for next week’s event.
Favorite Dr. Seuss Perennial Christmas: How the Grinch Stole Christmasalso came in with an 0.5 for NBC, tying for the night’s largest viewership with 3.18 million. The animated 5 More Sleeps until Christmas, based on Jimmy Fallon’s best-selling book, slipped from there to bring in an 0.3. It was also the demo score at the bookend’s 9 PM. Trolls Holiday in Harmony special. NBC ended the night with a strong showing. Saturday Night Live Christmas SpecialThis brought in a 0.4
CBS’ animated perennials were first introduced early on CBS Frosty the Snowman Its sequelFrosty ReturnsBoth received a 0.4. The Eye Network’s night was capped by a Blue Bloodsrerun, with a demo score of 0.3
ABC has the following: Santa Claus is Comin’ To TownSpecial drew a 0.3 with the trailing 20/20Newsmag saw a dramatic drop in traffic last week. It also had an Ahmaud Arbery feature that received a 0.3 rating.
The CW had Christmas Magic: Master of Illusion: Christmas MagicIt kicked off its evening at 8 PM and scored a 0.1. This was also the demo score it used for its night-closing Grandma was run over by a reindeer