Top 40 Weekly Cable Ratings: Week of 12/31/12
ESPN College Bowl Season completely dominated the chart. Between the Bowl games, the post games and the Studio shows, ESPN swept the top 10, and took 14 of the top 20 programs. The network is definitely earning its $5-$6 per subscriber fee from the cable providers.Outside of College Football, The Disney Channel has success with airing two of the recent hit animated movies. TANGLED drew 5.4 million viewers on Friday night, while DISPICABLE ME drew 4.6 million viewers on New Year's Eve night.
| Day | Show | Net | Time | Viewers(000) | Demo |
| Tue | BCS Studio | ESPN | 8:24 PM | 13,519 | 4.2 |
| Tue | BCS Studio | ESPN | 8:37 PM | 12,758 | 4.0 |
| Thu | Fiesta Bowl | ESPN | 8:30 PM | 12,306 | 4.0 |
| Tue | Orange Bowl | ESPN | 8:51 PM | 10,562 | 3.5 |
| Wed | Sugar Bowl | ESPN | 8:26 PM | 10,125 | 3.3 |
| Thu | FIESTA BOWL POST | ESPN | 11:45 PM | 9,063 | 3.2 |
| Mon | Chick-Fil-A Bowl | ESPN | 7:30 PM | 8,557 | 2.6 |
| Wed | SUGAR BOWL POST | ESPN | 11:45 PM | 8,481 | 2.8 |
| Thu | BCS Studio | ESPN | 8:16 PM | 6,196 | 1.8 |
| Thu | BCS Studio | ESPN | 11:55 PM | 5,501 | 2.2 |
| Fri | TANGLED | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 5,397 | 1.2 |
| Wed | BCS Studio | ESPN | 8:20 PM | 4,930 | 1.6 |
| Tue | ORANGE BOWL POST | ESPN | 12:14 AM | 4,929 | 1.8 |
| Fri | Gold Rush | DISC | 9:00 PM | 4,796 | 1.9 |
| Wed | BCS Studio | ESPN | 12:05 AM | 4,681 | 1.7 |
| Fri | Tangled Ever After | DSNY | 9:45 PM | 4,603 | 1.0 |
| Mon | DESPICABLE ME | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 4,586 | 1.0 |
| Thu | BCS Studio | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 4,352 | 1.3 |
| Wed | NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 4,338 | 1.0 |
| Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 3,919 | 1.8 |
| Wed | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 3,904 | 1.3 |
| Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 3,850 | 1.7 |
| Sun | Real Housewives ATL | BRVO | 8:00 PM | 3,670 | 1.8 |
| Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 3,664 | 1.7 |
| Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 9:00 PM | 3,644 | 1.2 |
| Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 10:00 PM | 3,614 | 1.2 |
| Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 8:30 PM | 3,568 | 1.5 |
| Thu | NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 3,565 | 0.7 |
| Tue | BCS Studio | ESPN | 12:32 AM | 3,526 | 1.4 |
| Thu | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 3,459 | 1.5 |
| Wed | Moonshiners | DISC | 10:00 PM | 3,458 | 1.7 |
| Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 8:00 PM | 3,397 | 1.1 |
| Tue | LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 10:00 PM | 3,382 | 1.4 |
| Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 3,368 | 1.5 |
| Wed | NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 3,354 | 0.8 |
| Tue | Storage Wars NY | AEN | 10:00 PM | 3,315 | 1.1 |
| Tue | Storage Wars NY | AEN | 10:30 PM | 3,311 | 1.1 |
| Tue | Storage Wars TEXAS | AEN | 9:30 PM | 3,293 | 1.0 |
| Thu | The Big Bang Theory | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 3,233 | 1.3 |
| Tue | Storage Wars TEXAS | AEN | 9:00 PM | 3,191 | 1.0 |
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