Saturday, December 8, 2012 ratings — New episodes: 48 Hours. Sports and specials: Ultimate Fighting Championship: Henderson vs Diaz, The Borrowers (repeat), Frosty the Snowman (repeat), Frosty Returns (repeat), The Flight Before Christmas (repeat), and The American Giving Awards. Reruns: Castle and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Below are the fast affiliate ratings. The “demo” refers to the 18-49 demographic rating. The percentages represent the change since the previous original episode. Percentages aren’t given for reruns or specials. To see past ratings for a particular show, you can find them by clicking the show link.

The show pages are updated with the daily final ratings when they become available (for original episodes). Those pages include percentage changes in both the demo and total viewership, in addition to season averages to date.

ABC
The Borrowers: (movie, repeat) 0.5 rating with 2.5 million viewers.
Castle: (repeat) 0.6 rating with 3.0 million viewers.

CBS
Frosty the Snowman: (special, repeat) 1.1 rating with 4.2 million viewers.
Frosty Returns: (special, repeat) 1.1 rating with 4.1 million viewers.
The Flight Before Christmas: (special, repeat) 1.0 rating with 4.0 million viewers.
48 Hours: 1.2 in the demo (0% change) with 5.4 million.

FOX
UFC: Henderson vs Diaz: (sports) 1.6 rating with 3.4 million viewers.

NBC
The American Giving Awards: (special) 0.3 rating with 1.6 million viewers.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: (repeat) 0.6 rating with 3.0 million viewers.

What were you watching last night? Any observations about the evening’s ratings?