Top 15 Cable Sports Events: December 16 - 17, 2017

A Saturday NFL doubleheader, on the NFL Network, topped this week's sports offerings, drawing 7.0 million viewers for the primetime game and 5.2 million for the late afternoon game.

The beginning of the NCAA Bowl Season is on, with three contests making the top 5. The three games average 1.2 million viewers from 1 PM to 11:30 PM, for ESPN, Saturday night.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sat	TNF: LAC v KC	NFL	8:30 PM	6,993	2.14
2	Sat	TNF: CHI v DET	NFL	4:31 PM	5,177	1.50
3	Sat	Bowl Game: TROY v N. TX	ESPN	1:00 PM	1,327	0.36
4	Sat	Bowl Game: MARSH v CO State	ESPN	4:51 PM	1,212	0.30
5	Sat	Bowl Game: MID TN v ARK State	ESPN	8:26 PM	1,187	0.33
6	Sat	Womens Volleyball	ESPN2	9:45 PM	1,009	0.30
7	Sat	NCAA BKBL: VA Tech v KY	ESPN2	1:59 PM	859	0.24
8	Sun	NCAA BKBL: NC v TENN	ESPN	3:00 PM	765	0.24
9	Sat	NCAA BKBL: OK v WICH State	ESPN2	4:04 PM	658	0.19
10	Sat	NCAA Football: W. FL  v TX A&M	ESPN2	6:05 PM	626	0.14
11	Sat	UFC Prelims	FS1	5:00 PM	456	0.15
12	Sat	NBA: OKC v NY	NBA	7:30 PM	449	0.16
13	Sat	PL Soccer: SH v CHEL	NBCSN	9:57 AM	432	0.17
14	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN2	12:00 PM	432	0.11
15	Sat	COLL BSKB: KAN v NEB	FS1	8:00 PM	410	0.10

* viewership (,000)