Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Charlie Brown’

ABC earned top spot in Thursday’s ratings, as A Charlie Brown Christmas led the net to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, and a 4 share. That got past the 0.8/4 that CBS rated.

The Peanuts holiday special dates to 1965. Charlie Brown did a 1.2, same as it rated in a Dec. 6 airing, and The Great American Baking Show finale went up 17% to 0.7 from 9 to 11 p.m.

CBS had comedy reruns leading into the Murphy Brown finale at a level 0.7.

NBC did a 0.6/3. The Timeless finale rated a 0.6 from 8 to 10; NBC described the series ender as “an epic, unforgettable thrill ride through the past, present and future, with a healthy dose of Christmas spirit.” A Deal or No Deal repeat followed.

Fox got a 0.4/2. A repeat of last year’s A Christmas Story Live! occupied prime.

Univision scored a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1. The 4th Annual Howie Mandel Stand-Up Extravaganza took up prime. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.