Clash of the Choirs
Nielsen ratings for the week ending December 23
Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.
NBC hits #1! OK, it's football and it's probably a temporary thing (plus it's the holidays), but they did it, and NBC even got a few more shows into the top 20 (even if they were temporary reality shows). I'm getting a little sick of typing the letters "CBS" each and every week though, at least when they're attached to shows like CSI. Interesting that 60 Minutes hit #3, considering it was a repeat.
1. Sunday Night Football (NBC)
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Today, on TV Squad Daily: Holiday wishes granted! Plus,
- Colbert and Stewart are both returning after New Year's, without writers.
- Rainn Wilson will host this year's Spirit Awards (and be allowed to write for it).
- Nick Lachey's choir was chosen as winner of Clash of the Choirs.
What's On Tonight: Frosty, Santa, Rudolph, Journeyman

- At 8, CBS has Frosty the Snowman, followed by Frosty Returns.
- NBC has a new Clash of the Choirs at 8, then season (series?) finale of Journeyman.
- ABC has a new Duel at 8.
- There's a new Crowned on The CW at 8, then a new Gossip Girl.
- PBS has a new Wired Science at 8.
- ABC Family has Year Without A Santa Claus at 8 (Heat Miser!), then Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys.
- Also at 8: Food Network has Rachael Ray's Holiday Entertaining in 60, then Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade Holiday.
- At 9, CBS has a new Criminal Minds, then a new CSI: NY.
- Hallmark has A Grandpa For Christmas at 9.
- At 10, ABC has A Holiday Celebration at Ford's Theater.
- TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10.
- HBO has Inside the NFL at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
What's On Tonight: Nova, Al Roker, Nip/Tuck, ECW
At 8, ABC has a new Duel. - NBC has a new Clash of the Choirs and a new Biggest Loser.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Independent Lens.
- AMC has the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol at 8.
- Also at 8: Food Network has Al Roker's Christmas in New York.
- At 9, CBS has a new episode of The Unit, then a new Cane.
- Lifetime has the movie On the 2nd Day of Christmas.
- At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
- FX has a new Nip/Tuck at 10.
- Bravo has a new The Real Housewives of Orange County.
- There's a new ECW on Sci-Fi at 10.
- The Travel Channel has Christmas to the Extreme at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
What's On Tonight: Duel, Clash of the Choirs, Saving Grace
At 8, ABC has the premiere of the game show Duel, followed by new episodes of Notes from the Underbelly and October Road. - NBC has the premiere of the new game show Clash of the Choirs at 8, then a new Journeyman.
- TCM has Frank Sinatra in Come Blow Your Horn at 8.
- At 9, PBS has a new Great Performances.
- There's a new K-Ville on FOX at 9.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- Lifetime has the movie Lost Holiday: The Jim and Suzanne Shemwell Story at 9.
- Hallmark has the movie Angel in the Family at 9.
- Also at 9: Food Network has Winning Holiday Cookies.
- At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Are you ready for a Christmas-themed reality show?
Not even Christmas is safe from reality show producers.
The people who brought you Dancing with the Stars have another show up their sleeves: Clash of the Choirs. It will pit five celebrity singers who will go back to their hometowns and try to build a choir. Once the choirs are built and perform live, viewers will vote for them via phone (of course). The winner gets to pick a prize for their hometown (I suggest maybe passing a law that says no reality shows can be filmed in their hometowns). The four episode show will run just before Christmas, December 17-20.
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