Dancing With the Stars’ two-hour finale was last night’s big ticket.  The show helped ABC nudge past FOX in both viewers and demos.

8pm

• NCIS (3.3/9 in 18-49 demo) topped the hour with 17 million.
• About 13.6 million welcomed A Charlie Brown Christmas (4.6/12).
• Bones (9.6 million, 3.4/9) was up about 1 million from last week.
• The Biggest Loser (7.2 million, 3.1/8) lost about 300,000 lbs.
• Beauty and the Geek (2.52 million, 1.3/3) remained about even.

9pm

• A whopping 24.9 million watched Helio win on Dancing With The Stars (6.4/15 in 18-49 demo).
• House (16.9 million, 7.0/16) still had control of the hour’s demos.
• The Unit (10.48 million, 2.9/7) was steady with last week.
• Reaper (2.26 million, 1.1/2) was up about 400,000.

10pm

• Law and Order: SVU (4.6/12) closed the night with 12.3 million.
• Cane (6.5 million, 1.6/4) was only 1/2 as successful as its NBC competitor.