Primetime Cable Ratings: December 21, 2016

ESPN scores with back -to-back college games, tipping off with a Kentucky battle in college basketball. The Kentucky vs Louisville game (#2) drew 2.7 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49. After that, the Poinsettia Bowl, featuring Wyoming vs BYU, kept 2.4 million viewers through midnight.

FOX News takes three spots in the top 10, including the #1 spot with THE O'REILLY FACTOR. The nightly news program hauled in 3.2 million viewers at 8 PM. FOX News itself averaged 2.7 million viewers during primetime.

VIKINGS was the night's top scripted original program , ranking 9th with 2.1 million viewers.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
28	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	1,109	0.4
23	Bob's Burgers	ADSW	9:30 PM	1,246	0.6
19	American Dad	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,581	0.7
17	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,664	0.7
13	Movie	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,990	0.4
2	College Basketball: KY v LOUIS	ESPN	7:00 PM	2,715	0.8
7	Bowl Game: BYU v WY	ESPN	9:16 PM	2,380	0.7
25	Cooks v Cons	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,169	0.4
1	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,235	0.3
5	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,573	0.3
8	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,180	0.3
18	Big Screen Movie	FREE	6:50 PM	1,603	0.6
11	Big Screen Movie	FREE	8:55 PM	2,067	0.8
21	FX Movie Prime	FX	8:00 PM	1,342	0.5
15	HHOF Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	1,738	0.3
12	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	2,045	0.4
14	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,753	0.4
16	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,730	0.4
20	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,538	0.3
9	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	2,144	0.6
22	Real Vikings	HIST	10:01 PM	1,254	0.3
26	Grave Secrets	ID	9:00 PM	1,166	0.3
27	Homicide Hunter	ID	10:00 PM	1,134	0.3
29	Little Women: Dallas	LIFE	10:00 PM	1,091	0.5
24	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,241	0.1
30	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,034	0.1
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,071	0.7
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,523	0.9
4	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,607	0.9
3	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,641	0.9
31	Big Picture Movie	TNT	8:00 PM	1,027	0.3

* Viewership (,000)