Primetime Cable Ratings: December 17, 2015

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was cable's #1 program on the night, collecting 6.0 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49. That is down from last week's game by 2.7 million viewers and 33% in the A18-49 demo. But, that's what happens when you have two teams with losing records play each other, in primetime.

TNT's NBA double header grabbed some viewers. Game one was the #5 show of the evening, drawing 2.4 million viewers and a 0.9 demo rating. The late game held onto 1.5 million of those viewers and gabbed TNT a 2.0 million viewer average for the night.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
2	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.07	0.2
4	TNF PRE	NFL	8:00 PM	2.57	0.7
6	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.33	0.6
19	FX Movie Prime	FX	8:00 PM	1.44	0.5
20	Pawn Stars	HIST	8:00 PM	1.43	0.3
22	NBA Pre-Game	TNT	8:00 PM	1.37	0.5
31	CHOPPED	FOOD	8:00 PM	1.14	0.4
5	NBA Basketball	TNT	8:15 PM	2.42	0.9
1	TNF: TB vs STL	NFL	8:30 PM	6.00	2.0
24	Flip or Flop	HGTV	8:30 PM	1.29	0.4
30	Big Screen Movie	FAM	8:45 PM	1.18	0.4
3	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.63	0.2
7	Pawn Stars	HIST	9:00 PM	1.95	0.4
13	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.73	0.5
23	First 48	AEN	9:00 PM	1.35	0.5
25	Project Runway Jr.	LIF	9:00 PM	1.25	0.4
27	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.20	0.4
32	Bob's Burgers	ADSM	9:00 PM	1.09	0.5
33	Restaurant Impossible	FOOD	9:00 PM	1.02	0.3
12	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.82	0.6
14	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:30 PM	1.59	0.4
15	Best of Pawn Stars	HIST	9:30 PM	1.56	0.4
26	The Cleveland Show	ADSM	9:30 PM	1.23	0.6
8	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.91	0.2
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1.89	0.7
16	TINY House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.54	0.4
18	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.48	0.7
21	Nightwatch	AEN	10:00 PM	1.42	0.5
28	FX Movie Prime	FX	10:00 PM	1.19	0.5
34	Best of Pawn Stars	HIST	10:00 PM	1.01	0.3
10	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.84	0.9
11	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1.82	0.8
29	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.19	0.3
17	NBA Basketball	TNT	10:45 PM	1.53	0.7

* - in millions