Primetime Cable Ratings: January 10, 2014

The Friday night cable schedule was back to normal, with the usual suspects at the top of the chart. But it was the series premiere of the science fiction series HELIX that caught my eye. The series is produced by Ron Moore of BATTLE STAR GALACTICA fame and the first episode drew 1.8 million viewers. Not bad for a SYFY series, outside of SMACKDOWN.

AMERICAN PICKERS had a good showing on an off night for the series. The two encore episodes collected 1.8 million viewers over the 10 p.m. hour for History.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3.90	1.5
2	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.82	0.7
3	Jessie	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.70	0.4
4	Bering Sea Gold	DISC	10:00 PM	2.51	0.9
5	NBA Basketball	ESPN	8:00 PM	2.49	1.0
6	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	2.35	0.7
7	Full House	NICK	8:00 PM	1.96	0.4
8	American Pickers	HIST	10:00 PM	1.85	0.4
9	Helix	SYFY	9:00 PM	1.82	0.6
10	American Pickers	HIST	10:00 PM	1.80	0.5

* - in millions