Top 40 Weekly Cable Ratings: Week of 12/24/12

With most original series off during the holidays, series marathons dominate the cable landscape. TBS Cleaned up with two of theirs, A CHRISTMAS STORY and reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY.

A CHRISTMAS STORY was the top ranked program of the week with its first of 12 consecutive airings, pulling in 4.9 million viewers and a 2.1 demo rating. The second airing at 10:00 p.m. pulled in 4.2 million and registered a 2.0 demo rating. These were the only to cable programs to break the 2.0 demo rating level.

Ten episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY made the top 40 chart, including four in the top 10. Some of those epsiodes out drew broadcast TV in head to head match ups.

Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers(000)	Demo
Mon	A Christmas Story	TBSC	8:00 PM	4885	2.1
Fri	College Bowl Game	ESPN	9:17 PM	4560	1.3
Tue	RIZZOLI & ISLES	TNT	9:00 PM	4422	0.8
Mon	A Christmas Story	TBSC	10:00 PM	4190	2.0
Fri	College Bowl Game	ESPN	5:30 PM	3940	1.1
Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	10:00 PM	3897	1.7
Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	10:30 PM	3873	1.6
Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	9:30 PM	3870	1.5
Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	10:30 PM	3869	1.6
Thu	College Bowl Game	ESPN	6:30 PM	3868	0.9
Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	10:00 PM	3632	1.5
Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	9:00 PM	3515	1.4
Sun	Real housewives ATL	BRVO	9:00 PM	3501	1.6
Tue	BIG SCREEN MOVIE	FAM	9:00 PM	3407	1.4
Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	9:30 PM	3405	1.4
Mon	BIG SCREEN MOVIE	FAM	9:00 PM	3369	1.2
Mon	BIG SCREEN MOVIE	FAM	7:00 PM	3294	1.2
Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3271	1.0
Sun	JESSIE	DSNY	10:05 PM	3245	0.5
Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	8:30 PM	3236	1.3
Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3219	1.0
Wed	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	3210	0.8
Wed	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	3179	0.8
Sun	Shake It Up	DSNY	10:30 PM	3119	0.5
Sun	ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY	DSNY	8:00 PM	3112	0.5
Wed	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	3088	0.8
Tue	LEVERAGE	TNT	10:00 PM	3039	0.7
Sun	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	3028	0.9
Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:00 PM	2951	0.8
Fri	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	9:00 PM	2950	0.7
Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	2940	0.9
Tue	BIG SCREEN MOVIE	FAM	7:00 PM	2933	1.1
Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	10:30 PM	2932	1.4
Fri	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	10:00 PM	2930	0.8
Thu	College Bowl Game	ESPN	10:20 PM	2923	0.9
Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	8:00 PM	2921	1.2
Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	2911	0.9
Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	8:30 PM	2910	0.8
Fri	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	2900	0.7
Sun	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	10:00 PM	2773	0.9