Top 100 Primetime Cable: Dec 29, 2014 - Jan 4, 2015
Football! Football!! Football!!! That is what most of cable viewers watched over the final holiday week of 2014. Between the College Bowl games, the College playoff games and the NFL, football programming took the top 11 spots. All of those spots were owned by ESPN. And that is why they can command over $6 per subscriber, from the cable companies, just for the flagship channel.
The two New Year's Day playoff games, featuring the schools of Oregon, Ohio State, Alabama and Florida State, attracted and kept over 28 million viewers, on ESPN, for over seven straight hours. The A18-49 ratings did fluctuate by little more than a half a point, but when you are in the 8 to 9 point range, that is not a huge issue. The title game is this Monday. January 12th, on ESPN.
After football, the cable chart starts to look somewhat normal. GOLD RUSH is the top program, after the football games, ranking 12th and pulling in over 4.4 million viewers. It was also was easily the top reality program, beating THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA by more than a million viewers.
MAJOR CRIMES (#13) was the top scripted series, hauling in 4.4 million viewers, for TNT. The Network had the only two original cable scripted shows, in the top 25.
TBS and reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY littered the chart with 29 episodes hitting within the top 100. That is nearly one-third of the chart, for the single series.
The two New Year's Day playoff games, featuring the schools of Oregon, Ohio State, Alabama and Florida State, attracted and kept over 28 million viewers, on ESPN, for over seven straight hours. The A18-49 ratings did fluctuate by little more than a half a point, but when you are in the 8 to 9 point range, that is not a huge issue. The title game is this Monday. January 12th, on ESPN.
After football, the cable chart starts to look somewhat normal. GOLD RUSH is the top program, after the football games, ranking 12th and pulling in over 4.4 million viewers. It was also was easily the top reality program, beating THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA by more than a million viewers.
MAJOR CRIMES (#13) was the top scripted series, hauling in 4.4 million viewers, for TNT. The Network had the only two original cable scripted shows, in the top 25.
TBS and reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY littered the chart with 29 episodes hitting within the top 100. That is nearly one-third of the chart, for the single series.
Rank | Day | Show | Net | Time | Viewers* | A18-49 |
1 | Thu | College Football Playoffs | ESPN | 9:00 PM | 28.27 | 8.9 |
2 | Thu | College Studio Show | ESPN | 9:00 PM | 28.18 | 8.7 |
3 | Thu | College Football Playoffs | ESPN | 5:15 PM | 28.16 | 8.3 |
4 | Sat | NFL Wildcard (CAR v ARZ) | ESPN | 4:15 PM | 21.68 | 6.9 |
5 | Wed | Orange Bowl | ESPN | 8:15 PM | 8.94 | 2.6 |
6 | Wed | Bowl Studio Show | ESPN | 8:15 PM | 8.23 | 2.5 |
7 | Wed | Bowl Studio Show | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 8.13 | 2.5 |
8 | Tue | College Bowl Game | ESPN | 6:30 PM | 6.41 | 1.9 |
9 | Mon | College Bowl Game | ESPN | 9:00 PM | 5.76 | 1.8 |
10 | Fri | Alamo Bowl | ESPN | 6:45 PM | 5.60 | 1.5 |
11 | Mon | College Bowl Game | ESPN | 6:00 PM | 4.90 | 1.5 |
12 | Fri | Gold Rush | DISC | 9:00 PM | 4.44 | 1.5 |
13 | Mon | Major Crimes | TNT | 9:00 PM | 4.43 | 0.7 |
14 | Fri | Cactus Bowl | ESPN | 10:30 PM | 4.03 | 1.1 |
15 | Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 10:00 PM | 3.73 | 1.3 |
16 | Sun | The Librarians | TNT | 8:00 PM | 3.73 | 1.0 |
17 | Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 3.63 | 1.2 |
18 | Fri | Movie: Finding Nemo | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 3.51 | 1.0 |
19 | Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 9:00 PM | 3.48 | 1.1 |
20 | Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:00 PM | 3.45 | 1.1 |
21 | Sun | The Real Housewives/ATL | BRVO | 8:00 PM | 3.36 | 1.6 |
22 | Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:30 PM | 3.25 | 1.1 |
23 | Tue | College Bowl Game | ESPN | 10:00 PM | 3.24 | 1.0 |
24 | Mon | WWE Raw | USA | 8:00 PM | 3.17 | 1.1 |
25 | Fri | Alaskan Bush People | DISC | 10:00 PM | 3.13 | 1.0 |
26 | Sun | Alaska: The Last Frontier | DISC | 9:00 PM | 3.08 | 0.8 |
27 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 3.02 | 1.1 |
28 | Fri | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 2.94 | 1.0 |
29 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:00 PM | 2.92 | 1.0 |
30 | Fri | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:00 PM | 2.81 | 1.0 |
31 | Tue | High School Musical 3 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 2.80 | 0.4 |
32 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 2.79 | 1.0 |
33 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:30 PM | 2.66 | 0.9 |
34 | Mon | High School Musical 2 | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 2.66 | 0.4 |
35 | Thu | NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 2.64 | 0.5 |
36 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 2.62 | 1.0 |
37 | Fri | WWE Smackdown | SYFY | 8:00 PM | 2.58 | 0.7 |
38 | Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:00 PM | 2.57 | 0.8 |
39 | Sat | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 2.54 | 0.9 |
40 | Thu | NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 2.53 | 0.4 |
41 | Mon | Street Outlaws | DISC | 9:00 PM | 2.50 | 1.0 |
42 | Tue | Moonshiners | DISC | 9:00 PM | 2.49 | 0.8 |
43 | Thu | NCIS | USA | 10:00 PM | 2.48 | 0.5 |
44 | Tue | Little Couple | TLC | 9:00 PM | 2.48 | 0.7 |
45 | Sat | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:00 PM | 2.44 | 0.8 |
46 | Fri | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:30 PM | 2.44 | 0.7 |
47 | Sat | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 2.43 | 0.8 |
48 | Sat | NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 2.39 | 0.4 |
49 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:00 PM | 2.33 | 0.8 |
50 | Wed | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 2.32 | 0.7 |
51 | Sun | Sports Center | ESPN | 8:45 PM | 2.30 | 0.9 |
52 | Sat | NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 2.29 | 0.4 |
53 | Sun | JESSIE | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 2.28 | 0.5 |
54 | Mon | Big Screen movie | FAM | 8:00 PM | 2.25 | 0.9 |
55 | Mon | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 2.19 | 0.8 |
56 | Sun | JESSIE | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 2.17 | 0.4 |
57 | Sun | Worst Cooks | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 2.12 | 0.8 |
58 | Sat | NCIS | USA | 10:00 PM | 2.08 | 0.3 |
59 | Thu | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 2.06 | 0.8 |
60 | Sun | JESSIE | DSNY | 7:30 PM | 2.06 | 0.5 |
61 | Sat | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 2.05 | 0.7 |
62 | Fri | Gold Rush | DISC | 8:00 PM | 2.04 | 0.5 |
63 | Wed | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 2.01 | 0.6 |
64 | Sat | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:30 PM | 2.01 | 0.7 |
65 | Fri | American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 2.00 | 0.7 |
66 | Wed | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:00 PM | 2.00 | 0.6 |
67 | Sat | Austin & Jessie & Ally in NY | DSNY | 10:00 PM | 1.99 | 0.4 |
68 | Fri | Castle | TNT | 8:00 PM | 1.96 | 0.4 |
69 | Sun | Family Guy | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.96 | 0.9 |
70 | Sun | Ax Men | HIST | 9:00 PM | 1.96 | 0.6 |
71 | Mon | House Hunters | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1.96 | 0.5 |
72 | Sun | Law & Order: SVU | USA | 7:00 PM | 1.95 | 0.6 |
73 | Sun | Law & Order: SVU | USA | 8:00 PM | 1.95 | 0.6 |
74 | Sat | JESSIE | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 1.94 | 0.4 |
75 | Sat | DAMAGED | LIFE | 8:00 PM | 1.94 | 0.6 |
76 | Tue | American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.93 | 0.9 |
77 | Wed | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 1.92 | 0.6 |
78 | Fri | American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1.91 | 0.7 |
79 | Sun | Law & Order: SVU | USA | 9:00 PM | 1.91 | 0.6 |
80 | Mon | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 1.90 | 0.7 |
81 | Thu | HGTV 2015 Dream Home | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 1.89 | 0.5 |
82 | Sun | Kourt & Khlo | E | 9:00 PM | 1.84 | 0.9 |
83 | Thu | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 1.83 | 0.7 |
84 | Sun | Beachfront Bargin Hunt | HGTV | 8:30 PM | 1.82 | 0.5 |
85 | Fri | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 8:00 PM | 1.81 | 0.5 |
86 | Wed | Law & Order: SVU | USA | 8:00 PM | 1.80 | 0.6 |
87 | Tue | Moonshiners | DISC | 10:00 PM | 1.78 | 0.5 |
88 | Mon | American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.76 | 0.8 |
89 | Tue | American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1.75 | 0.8 |
90 | Sun | NFL Primetime | ESPN | 7:45 PM | 1.74 | 0.6 |
91 | Sat | JESSIE | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 1.74 | 0.4 |
92 | Thu | American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.74 | 0.7 |
93 | Sun | Alaska: The Last Frontier | DISC | 8:00 PM | 1.74 | 0.4 |
94 | Sat | College Basketball | ESPN | 8:15 PM | 1.73 | 0.7 |
95 | Sun | Law & Order: SVU | USA | 10:00 PM | 1.72 | 0.6 |
96 | Tue | Ground Floor | TBS | 10:00 PM | 1.71 | 0.7 |
97 | Sun | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 7:30 PM | 1.71 | 0.6 |
98 | Sun | Sunday Movie | FAM | 8:00 PM | 1.70 | 0.7 |
99 | Sun | Sister Wives | TLC | 9:00 PM | 1.68 | 0.7 |
100 | Tue | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 1.68 | 0.6 |
* - in millions
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