Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 12/20/2016

ABC and CBS share Tuesday night leadership, with ABC posting the better A18-34 and A18-49 demo ratings, while CBS draws more viewers and a better A25-54 demo rating. NBC is a close third place and FOX and The CW are not even close to being competitive.

THE YEAR: 2016 was the night's #1 program in Adults 18-49, posting a 1.1 rating and topping NBC's TONY BENNETT special, head-to-head. THE YEAR also tied SHREK THE HALLS with the best A18-34 demo, scoring a 0.7 rating.

CBS was all repeats on the night, but it still drew the most viewers to a television. The three dramas also tied an all-original NBC in the A18-49 demo and toped them in the A25-54 demo.

It was a full night of son on NBC with an all-new Michael Buble special, at 8 PM and the Tony Bennett special from 9 to 11 PM. Both program placed second in their respective time slots

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.60 million	0.7	1.0	1.3
CBS	7.40 million	0.4	0.8	1.4
CW	1.00 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.70 million	0.4	0.6	0.7
NBC	6.20 million	0.5	0.8	1.2

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Toy Story that Time Forgot	3.40	0.6	0.8	1.1
8:30	ABC	Shrek the Halls	3.60	0.7	1.0	1.3
9:00	ABC	The Year: 216	3.80	0.7	1.1	1.3
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	9.80	0.5	1.0	1.7
9:00	CBS	BULL [R]	7.00	0.4	0.8	1.3
10:00	CBS	BULL [R]	5.40	0.3	0.7	1.1
8:00	CW	Terry Crews Saves Christmas	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	Greatest Holiday Commercials	0.90	0.1	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Ice Age/Christmas	2.60	0.5	0.8	0.9
8:30	FOX	New Girl [R]	1.50	0.4	0.5	0.6
9:00	FOX	Scream Queens	1.40	0.4	0.5	0.6
8:00	NBC	Michael Buble Sings and Swings	5.30	0.5	0.8	1.1
9:00	NBC	Tony Bennet Celebrates 90 Years	6.60	0.5	0.8	1.2

* - viewers in millions