Primetime Cable Ratings: January 2, 2015

College football tops the cable ratings, for the second day in a row. The early game, the Alamo Bowl, drew 5.6 million viewers for ESPN, along with a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49. Both numbers are tops for the night. The late game, starting at 10:30 p.m., held onto four million viewers, through the 1 a.m. hour. For the night, ESPN averaged 4.8 million viewers and a 1.3 demo rating.

GOLD RUSH tied the Alamo Bowl, in the demo, with a 1.5 rating, and edged the Cactus Bowl, in total viewers. Considering the number of marathons airing on cable, plus the Bowl games, the Discovery series performed very well.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Alamo Bowl	ESPN	6:45 PM	5.60	1.5
2	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	4.44	1.5
3	Cactus Bowl	ESPN	10:30 PM	4.03	1.1
4	Movie: Finding Nemo	DSNY	8:00 PM	3.51	1.0
5	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	10:00 PM	3.13	1.0
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	9:30 PM	2.94	1.0
7	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	9:00 PM	2.81	1.0
8	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.58	0.7
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBSC	8:30 PM	2.44	0.7
10	Gold Rush	DISC	8:00 PM	2.04	0.5

* - in millions