Top 100 Primetime Cable: January 6 - 12, 2014

The championship game of college football, better known as the BCS title game, was the week's #1 cable program last week. The national title game drew just under 25.6 million viewers and a solid 8.7 rating in Adults 18-49. This is down from last year's game by 800,000 in total viewers and 5% in the A18-49 ratings. This is the last year for the BCS Championship as next season will actually feature a four team playoff system to deter main who it the best team in college football.


MAJOR CRIMES was thew top cable series of the week, grabbing just under five million viewers for TNT. With just one episode remaining before the season ender, MAJOR CRIMES is down from the first half of the season, but did grow as the second half of the season progressed. Perhaps fans were not as aware of the series returning with new episodes this winter and caught on to the new episodes late.

The season premiere of COUGAR TOWN, on TBS, didn't foo great numbers, as it finished 86th for the week.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Mon	BCS Championship Game	ESPN	8:30 PM	25.57	8.7
2	Mon	BCS Studio	ESPN	8:15 PM	12.79	4.2
3	Mon	BCS Studio	ESPN	8:00 PM	9.21	3.1
4	Mon	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	4.95	0.8
5	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	4.86	1.4
6	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	4.72	1.6
7	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:00 PM	4.58	1.3
8	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	4.46	1.6
9	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	4.43	1.6
10	Sun	Real Housewives/ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	4.19	1.9
11	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	4.16	1.1
12	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3.90	1.5
13	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	3.80	1.6
14	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	3.57	1.4
15	Wed	American Horror Story	FX	10:00 PM	3.49	1.8
16	Sat	Sam & Cat	NICK	8:00 PM	3.38	0.5
17	Tue	Being Mary Jane	BET	10:00 PM	3.32	1.5
18	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	3.22	1.3
19	Sun	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	3.18	0.8
20	Tue	Pretty Little Liars	FAM	8:00 PM	3.17	1.2
21	Thu	NBA Basketball	TNT	8:15 PM	3.14	1.2
22	Tue	Moonshiners	DISC	9:00 PM	3.02	1.2
23	Mon	Love and Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2.89	1.6
24	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.89	1.2
25	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	8:30 PM	2.87	0.7
26	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	10:00 PM	2.85	0.7
27	Tue	Justified	FX	10:00 PM	2.84	1.1
28	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.84	1.1
29	Thu	White Collar	USA	9:00 PM	2.82	0.8
30	Fri	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.82	0.7
31	Thu	Appalachian Outlaws	HIST	10:00 PM	2.79	0.8
32	Tue	The Haves & The Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2.78	0.9
33	Sun	NCIS	USA	10:00 PM	2.74	0.7
34	Thu	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	2.73	0.7
35	Sat	The Haunted Hathaways	NICK	8:30 PM	2.73	0.4
36	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.72	1.2
37	Fri	Jessie	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.70	0.4
38	Sun	Ax Men	HIST	9:00 PM	2.68	0.9
39	Tue	Counting Cars	HIST	9:30 PM	2.67	0.9
40	Sun	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	2.66	0.6
41	Mon	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.62	1.1
42	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	9:00 PM	2.60	0.3
43	Mon	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.60	1.1
44	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2.60	0.8
45	Mon	Single Ladies	VH1	9:00 PM	2.59	1.4
46	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2.58	0.9
47	Fri	Bering Sea Gold	DISC	10:02 PM	2.51	0.9
48	Tue	Counting Cars	HIST	9:00 PM	2.50	0.8
49	Fri	NBA Basketball	ESPN	8:04 PM	2.49	1.0
50	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	2.45	0.6
51	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.44	1.1
52	Mon	Teen Wolf	MTV	10:00 PM	2.43	0.9
53	Thu	Pawn Stars	HIST	8:00 PM	2.36	0.6
54	Fri	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	2.35	0.7
55	Sun	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	10:00 PM	2.35	0.8
56	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.34	1.0
57	Sun	True Detective	HBO	9:00 PM	2.33	1.0
58	Tue	College Basketball	ESPN	9:00 PM	2.31	0.8
59	Wed	Psych	USA	9:00 PM	2.28	0.8
60	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.28	1.0
61	Tue	Moonshiner	DISC	10:00 PM	2.27	1.0
62	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.26	0.9
63	Thu	Blockbuster Week	AMC	8:00 PM	2.23	0.6
64	Thu	Radio Rebel	DSNY	8:30 PM	2.19	0.5
65	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:30 PM	2.18	0.7
66	Tue	Dance Moms	LIFE	9:00 PM	2.17	0.7
67	Wed	Castle	TNT	8:00 PM	2.14	0.5
68	Wed	Buying & Selling	HGTV	9:00 PM	2.13	0.5
69	Tue	American Restoration	HIST	10:00 PM	2.13	0.7
70	Wed	Modern Family	USA	8:30 PM	2.11	0.8
71	Sun	FX Prime Movie	FX	8:00 PM	2.08	1.0
72	Wed	Shake It Up	DSNY	10:00 PM	2.07	0.4
73	Sun	TNT Big Picture	TNT	8:00 PM	2.06	0.6
74	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	2.05	0.7
75	Wed	Castle	TNT	9:00 PM	2.01	0.5
76	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	8:00 PM	2.01	0.7
77	Sun	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	2.01	0.7
78	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	8:30 PM	2.01	0.7
79	Sun	Sister Wives	TLC	9:00 PM	2.00	0.8
80	Mon	Full House	NICK	8:30 PM	1.99	0.5
81	Thu	Project Runway	LIFE	9:00 PM	1.98	0.6
82	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	10:00 PM	1.97	0.6
83	Fri	Full House	NAN	10:00 PM	1.96	0.4
84	Tue	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1.96	0.7
85	Tue	American Restoration	HIST	10:30 PM	1.95	0.6
86	Tue	Cougar Town	TBS	10:00 PM	1.94	0.9
87	Wed	Modern Family	USA	8:00 PM	1.94	0.7
88	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.93	0.8
89	Wed	Property Brothers	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.92	0.4
90	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.91	0.9
91	Wed	My Strange Addiction	TLC	10:00 PM	1.91	0.9
92	Wed	Duck Dynasty	A&E	10:30 PM	1.90	0.6
93	Mon	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.90	0.8
94	Wed	Family Guy	TBS	8:30 PM	1.89	0.8
95	Sun	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	1.89	0.6
96	Mon	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.87	0.7
97	Sun	Blood, Sweat & Heels	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.87	0.9
98	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.86	0.5
99	Thu	NBA Pre-Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1.86	0.6
100	Fri	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1.85	0.4

* - in millions