Numbers of Interest - Television Ratings for Wednesday 12/23/09

On the day before Christmas Eve, there were repeats and very few people to watch them.

CBS won the night with Home for the Holidays With Faith Hill (1.1), Criminal Minds (2.0), and CSI: NY (2.1). CSI: NY usually does considerable worse than Criminal Minds, but it did better last night,

ABC was second with How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2.1), The Middle (1.8), Modern Family (1.9), The Middle (1.5), and Cougar Town (1.3, 1.1). Cougar Town stood on its own in the beginning, sometimes doing as well as Modern Family, but the numbers are quickly eroding. ABC has to wonder what would have happened if they had Better Off Ted in the time slot instead of Cougar Town.

Fox was third with Glee (1.2, 1.5).

NBC finished last with Mercy (0.8, 0.7) and The Jay Leno Show (1.1). Without a healthy lead in, Leno was crushed by repeats on CBS and ABC.