LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – ABC packed 'em in with the holiday classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on Tuesday but NBC won the night with "My Name Is Earl" and "Law & Order: SVU." "Charlie Brown," the animated special now marking its 40th anniversary, averaged 15.4 million viewers and 5.5 rating/15 share in the adults 18-49 demographic from 8-9 p.m., according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Last year's show averaged 13.6 million viewers, and a 4.8/13. NBC didn't do much business at 8 p.m. with the return of "Fear Factor" (8.3 million, 3.2/8), which was topped by CBS' repeat of "NCIS" (14.3 million, 3.4/9). NBC spiked at 9 p.m. with "Earl" (13.9 million, 5.8/14) and ebbed at 9:30 p.m. with "The Office" (9.8 million, 4.3/10). CBS' "The Amazing Race" (11.1 million, 4.1/10) was fairly lackluster despite lessened competition from a repeat of ABC's "Commander in Chief" (10.5 million, 2.9/7) and the absence of "House" on Fox. Fox was in ho-hum territory with its 8-10 p.m. telecast of the Bill-board Music Awards (6.5 million, 3.2/8, down from last year's 6.9 million, 4.5/7). Even the American Music Awards two weeks ago did better, despite hitting all-time lows (11.67 million, 4.4/11). At 10 p.m., "Law & Order: SVU" (16.3 million, 5.9/15) ranked as the most-watched program of the night, easily besting CBS' "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" (9.2 million, 3.8/10) special and ABC's "Boston Legal" (9.6 million, 2.6/7). NBC had no competition for the nightly bragging rights with an average of 12.1 million viewers and 4.7/12 in the key demo.
Holy crap! I watched the Charlie Brown special again this year and..WTF?! It was horrible! Almost unwatchable. It was so poorly put together I wanted to cry. I thought "Disney will pull the plug on this crap next year. It's just irrelevant next to today's more sophisticated animation and stories."
Bottom line: Don't hire me to program your December holiday shows. I am way out of touch.
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