RATINGS RECAP: 11/26/14

ABC
8:00 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:30 Black-ish (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Nashville (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

CBS
8:00 Survivor
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Criminal Minds
Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
10:00 Stalker
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC
8:00 The Making of Peter Pan Live!
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:00 SNL Thanksgiving
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

FOX
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Red Band Society
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

Thanksgiving Eve only had CBS and FOX with their regular lineups. On CBS, Survivor started things off down a million viewers and three tenths in the demo for a series low. It was hit hard by the lower viewership on this night. Last year it set a then series low on Thanksgiving Eve as well. The crime dramas weren't as affected. Criminal Minds was up three tenths in viewers and down a tenth in the demo while Stalker was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo. The viewership total was actually the best since the series premiere. FOX saw series lows for both of its shows. Hell's Kitchen was down half a million viewers and four tenths in the demo while Red Band Society was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. FOX announced that it will air Red Band next week and then pull it from the schedule with three episodes remaining. It hasn't been officially cancelled, but the writing is on the wall. ABC decided to air A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving Eve this year and it went a lot better than when it has aired on Thanksgiving. NBC had a behind the scenes special of next week's Peter Pan Live! and it wasn't as big a draw as the making of The Sound of Music special last year. NBC must be hoping that's not a bad sign for their big event.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Stalker (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Red Band Society (FOX)

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