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Monday 25th Dec. Ratings: NBC's Reindeer Games Rule Monday

Post by: Sal

Fast National ratings for Monday, Dec. 25, 2006

Christmas Day was all about fun and games as NBC led the ratings on Monday night with its two game shows.

NBC drew a healthy 8.3 rating/16 share for primetime, handily beating ABC, 4.8/9, CBS, 3.3/6, FOX, 2.2/4, and the CW, 0.9/2.

The adults 18-49 race also went NBC's way, as it averaged a 4.9 rating in the key ad demographic. ABC finished second with a 3.2, while CBS, 1.7, edged out FOX, 1.3. The CW trailed with a 0.6.

NBC started out with the night's highest rating with "Deal or No Deal" at 8 p.m. scoring a 9.2/19. Second went to the beginning of ABC's airing of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" at 4.3/9. CBS came in third with a 2.4/5 for a couple "How I Met Your Mother" repeats, while FOX stayed in the game with a 2.1/4 for the Cuba Gooding Jr. film "Radio." The CW only managed a 0.9/2 for its "Everybody Hates Chris"/"All of Us" combo.

The story remained the same for the 9 o'clock hour. NBC's mastery held with more "Deal or No Deal" drawing an 8.8/16, followed by ABC's swashbuckling movie, 4.9/9, CBS' "Two and a Half Men"/"How I Met Your Mother" comedy block, 3.4/6, more "Radio" on FOX, 2.1/4 and the CW's "Girlfriends" and "The Game," 0.9/2.

NBC finished the night on top once again, switching it up with another game show, "1 vs. 100," drawing a 6.9/13 at 10 p.m. ABC wrapped up its Johnny Depp lovefest with a 5.3/10, while CBS took a 4.2/8 for its "CSI: Miami" repeat.