Primetime Cable Ratings: December 5, 2014

GOLD RUSH was the top program of cable, on Friday night, for the fifth week in a row. This week, it drew its best numbers since that streak began, getting 4.3 million viewers and a solid 1.5 demo rating. That is a rise of over a half million viewers and a jump of 25% in the A18-49 demographic.

WWE SMACKDOWN was the night's top sports program, on cable, grabbing 2.5 million viewers and a 0.6 demo rating. That is more viewers than the college basketball game on ESPN. However, the ball game drew the higher demo rating, 50% larger than the audience of SMACKDOWN.

Hallmark pushed two movies into the top 10, with the late movie getting 2.6 million viewers, for the #3 spot of the night. The 8 p.m. movie took the #8 spot, hauling in 2.1 million viewers.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	4.31	1.5
2	Big Screen Movie	FAM	8:00 PM	3.70	1.3
3	Hallmark Original Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	2.56	0.4
4	25 Days of Christmas	FAM	10:30 PM	2.56	0.9
5	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.49	0.6
6	Girl Meets World	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.49	0.8
7	College Basketball	ESPN	7:00 PM	2.13	0.9
8	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	2.12	0.3
9	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	2.10	0.9
10	Edge of Alaska	DISC	10:00 PM	2.07	0.7
11	Dog with a Blog	DSNY	8:30 PM	1.97	0.4
12	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.89	0.6
13	Gold Rush	DISC	8:00 PM	1.80	0.6
14	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.71	0.5
15	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.70	0.7

* - in millions