NBC’s Christmas Tree Lighting Outdraws ‘The Masked Singer’ Triple Elimination in Total Viewers

Hallelujah! NBC’s Christmas tree lighting — “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” — topped 7 million total viewers on Wednesday, the same night Fox trimmed three celebrities from “The Masked Singer.” “The Masked Singer” put Fox in first place among adults 18-49, but the relatively younger-skewing broadcast network finished runner-up to NBC in overall primetime audience. It was a tight race though. See which three celebrities were revealed on “The Masked Singer” last night here. The Seahorse, The Jellyfish and The Popcorn were the actual costumed contestants eliminated from the South Korean import. Also Read: 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' Leads Santa's Sleigh, but Not Tuesday's Ratings Fox was first in ratings with a 1.6 rating/9 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 6.364 million, according to preliminary numbers. That was all “Masked Singer.” NBC was second in ratings with a 1.0/6 and first in viewers with 6.396 million. The Christmas Tree Lighting from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. averaged a 1.1/7 and 7.1 million viewers. At 10 p.m., the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” had a 0.8/5 and 5 million viewers. CBS and ABC tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.5/3. CBS was...

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