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ABC RUNDOWN FOR DECEMBER 19, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
CBS RUNDOWN FOR DECEMBER 19, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
| CBS | Iran nuclear weapons program suspected | Secretary Panetta estimates bomb is year away | Scott Pelley | No Dateline |
| CBS | North Korea politics: dictator Kim Jong Il dies | Successor is twentysomething son Kim Jong Un | Scott Pelley | New York |
| CBS | North Korea politics: dictator Kim Jong Il dies | US diplomats study inexperienced new leader | Norah O'Donnell | White House |
 | CBS | Payroll tax rate cut temporarily: extension debate | Cuts are due to expire on New Year's Day | Nancy Cordes | Capitol Hill |
 | CBS | 2012 Newt Gingrich campaign | Attacks judiciary, denies separation of powers | Dean Reynolds | Iowa |
 | CBS | College football: Florida A&M marching band death | University president James Ammons under fire | Mark Strassmann | Florida |
 | CBS | Iraq: combat continues after US troops pull out | Final First Cavalry convoy crosses into Kuwait | Jim Axelrod | Kuwait |
NBC RUNDOWN FOR DECEMBER 19, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
 | NBC | North Korea politics: dictator Kim Jong Il dies | Successor is twentysomething son Kim Jong Un | Andrea Mitchell | Washington DC |
 | NBC | Payroll tax rate cut temporarily: extension debate | Cuts are due to expire on New Year's Day | Kelly O'Donnell | Capitol Hill |
 | NBC | 2012 Iowa caucuses previewed | Negative campaigning on airwaves, on stump | Chuck Todd | Washington DC |
 | NBC | Winter weather: early season snowstorm | Blizzard, high winds blanket southern plains | Mike Seidel | Kansas |
 | NBC | Breast cancer coverage | Experiment uses chemotherapy before surgery | Robert Bazell | San Francisco |
 | NBC | Children's afterschool programs organized | Pine Bluffs program funds cut; donors step in | Chelsea Clinton | Arkansas |
