Friday Overnight Ratings: ‘I Love Lucy Christmas Special’ on CBS Matches its Year-Ago Household Ratings and Tops Prime Time

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018

Note: Seattle-Tacoma has been delayed until 11:00 AM ET

Household Rating/Share (55 of top 56 markets)
CBS: 3.8/ 7, NBC: 2.9/ 5, Fox: 2.6/ 5, ABC: 1.9/ 4, CW: 0.8/ 1

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (12/15/17):
Fox: +62, ABC: +12, NBC: -7, CW: -20, CBS: -21

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Friday, December 14 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.2/ 4 (#3) — “Fresh Off the Boat”
CBS: 4.2/ 8 (#1) — “I Love Lucy Christmas Special”
NBC: 1.8/ 3 (#4) — “Midnight, Texas”
Fox: 3.6/ 7 (#2) — “Last Man Standing”
CW: 0.8/ 1 (#5) — “Hollywood Christmas Parade”

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.6/ 3 (#3) — “Speechless”
CBS: 4.0/ 7 (#1) — “I Love Lucy Christmas Special”
NBC: 1.6/ 3 (#3) — “Midnight, Texas”
Fox: 2.8/ 5 (#2) — “The Cool Kids”
CW: 0.8/ 1 (#5) — “Hollywood Christmas Parade”

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.4/ 3 (#4) — “Child Support”
CBS: 3.6/ 7 (#1) — “The Dick Van Dyke Shoe Christmas Special”
NBC: 3.0/ 6 (#2) — “Dateline”
Fox: 2.1/ 4 (#3) — “Hell’s Kitchen”
CW: 0.8/ 1 (#5) — “Hollywood Christmas Parade”

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.5/ 3 (#4) — “Child Support”
CBS: 3.6/ 7 (#1) — “The Dick Van Dyke Shoe Christmas Special”
NBC: 3.4/ 6 (#2) — “Dateline”
Fox: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “Hell’s Kitchen”
CW: 0.7/ 1 (#5) — “Hollywood Christmas Parade”

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.2/ 4 (#3) — “20/20”
CBS: 3.7/ 7 (#1) — “Blue Bloods” (repeat)
NBC: 3.6/ 7 (#2) — “Dateline”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.4/ 5 (#3) — “20/20”
CBS: 3.7/ 7 (#1) — “Blue Bloods” (repeat)
NBC: 3.6/ 7 (#2) — “Dateline”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.8/ 4 (#3) — “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
CBS: 3.2/ 8 (#1) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
NBC: 2.2/ 5 (#2) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:00 a.m.
ABC: 1.2/ 3 (#3) — “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
CBS: 2.1/ 6 (#1) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
NBC: 1.5/ 4 (#2) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:30 a.m.
ABC: 1.1/ 3 (#3) — “Nightline”
CBS: 1.4/ 4 (#1) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)
NBC: 1.3/ 4 (#2) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:00 a.m.
CBS: 1.0/ 3 (#1) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)
NBC: 0.9/ 3 (#2) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:30 a.m.
NBC: 0.7/ 3 — “Last Call with Carson Daly” (repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research