Top 100 Primetime Cable: November 23 - 29, 2015

Christmas movies are all the rage, for cable TV. Between Hallmark and Lifetime, the two networks placed seven movies in the top 30, including two within the top six. Hallmark's 8 p.m., Saturday night movie ranked 5th this week, getting 4.8 million viewers. Hallmark is all in airing an average of two movies a night, three if you start at 6 p.m.

AMC's one-two punch of THE WALKING DEAD and INTO THE BADLANDS take the #2 and #3 spots, respectively. The mid-season finale of THE WALKING DEAD fell just short of being the most watched cabe program, to MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, by just over 250k viewers. but it had a 50% advantage over the NFL game, in the A18-49 demographic. BADLANDS must now prove itself, now that it will no longer have a great lead in.

The awards season continues with BET's presentation of the 2015 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS. The annual music event collected 3.0 million viewers and a 1.1 demo rating, going against both a highly rated SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game and the mid-season finale of THE WALKING DEAD.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Mon	MNF: NE vs BUF	ESPN	8:15 PM	14.26	5.1
2	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	13.98	7.0
3	Sun	Into the Badlands	AMC	10:00 PM	5.17	2.5
4	Fri	College Football	ESPN	8:15 PM	5.11	1.4
5	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	4.78	0.7
6	Fri	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	4.29	0.7
7	Sat	College Football	ESPN	7:30 PM	4.28	1.4
8	Thu	College Football	ESPN	7:30 PM	3.88	0.1
9	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3.81	1.1
10	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3.63	1.0
11	Wed	Movie: Despicable Me	DSNY	8:00 PM	3.57	0.8
12	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.48	0.3
13	Sun	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	3.32	0.5
14	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3.28	0.3
15	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3.19	1.0
16	Thu	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	3.14	0.5
17	Sun	The Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	3.10	1.4
18	Wed	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	3.08	0.5
19	Sun	Soul Train Awards	BET	8:00 PM	3.02	1.1
20	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	2.99	1.0
21	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2.84	0.6
22	Sun	The Real Housewives/ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2.80	1.3
23	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	2.79	0.6
24	Tue	NBA Basketball	TNT	10:45 PM	2.72	1.1
25	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2.71	0.9
26	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	2.60	0.8
27	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.50	0.9
28	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.49	0.9
29	Mon	Major Crimes	TNT	9:00 PM	2.49	0.4
30	Sun	Hallmark Movie	HALL	6:00 PM	2.46	0.5
31	Mon	Street Outlaws	DISC	9:00 PM	2.45	1.0
32	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.45	0.3
33	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.43	0.8
34	Mon	Love & Hip Hop H'wood	VH1	8:00 PM	2.41	1.3
35	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2.41	0.2
36	Sun	Movie: Descendants	DSNY	6:30 PM	2.40	0.5
37	Wed	Good Luck Charlie	DSNY	9:45 PM	2.35	0.5
38	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.29	0.8
39	Sat	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	2.25	0.3
40	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.25	0.2
41	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.23	0.2
42	Wed	Prop. Brothers at Home	HGTV	9:00 PM	2.22	0.4
43	Tue	If Loving You Is Wrong	OWN	9:00 PM	2.19	0.6
44	Fri	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	2.19	0.4
45	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.18	0.7
46	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.13	0.7
47	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.07	0.7
48	Wed	KC Undercover	DSNY	10:15 PM	2.05	0.4
49	Sun	Movie: Tangled	DSNY	8:45 PM	2.03	0.5
50	Sun	The Librarians	TNT	8:00 PM	2.02	0.5
51	Sat	Movie: Kingsmen: Secret Service	HBO	8:00 PM	2.00	0.7
52	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	8:00 PM	1.99	0.4
53	Sun	Kardashians	E!	9:00 PM	1.98	0.9
54	Fri	The Thundermans	NICK	8:30 PM	1.95	0.3
55	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.95	0.3
56	Sat	NCIS	USA	9:00 PM	1.95	0.3
57	Sun	Soul Train Awards Post Show	BET	10:30 PM	1.93	0.7
58	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.90	0.6
59	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1.88	0.2
60	Thu	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1.88	0.4
61	Sun	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1.86	0.4
62	Wed	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1.82	0.3
63	Sun	Holiday Baking Champ.	FOOD	9:00 PM	1.82	0.5
64	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.80	0.8
65	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1.80	0.6
66	Sun	2015 Halo Awards	NICK	7:00 PM	1.79	0.3
67	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	8:00 PM	1.77	0.4
68	Mon	Black Ink Crew/ CHI	VH1	9:00 PM	1.75	0.9
69	Tue	Hunting Hitler	HIST	10:00 PM	1.73	0.5
70	Fri	Bunk'd	DSNY	8:00 PM	1.73	0.3
71	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.72	0.2
72	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.72	0.3
73	Fri	Best Friends Whenever	DSNY	8:30 PM	1.72	0.2
74	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.72	0.6
75	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1.72	0.3
76	Mon	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1.69	0.7
77	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.68	0.4
78	Mon	Gravity Falls	DXD	8:00 PM	1.67	0.3
79	Sun	Prop. Brothers	HGTV	7:00 PM	1.65	0.4
80	Thu	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	1.65	0.5
81	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.64	0.7
82	Sat	Henry Danger	NICK	8:00 PM	1.62	0.3
83	Sat	Game Shakers	NICK	8:30 PM	1.60	0.3
84	Sat	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.59	0.7
85	Thu	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.58	0.7
86	Tue	MOONSHINERS	DISC	9:00 PM	1.58	0.6
87	Fri	AMC Celebrates	AMC	8:30 PM	1.58	0.5
88	Mon	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.57	0.8
89	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.56	0.3
90	Mon	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1.56	0.6
91	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	8:00 PM	1.55	0.4
92	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.55	0.2
93	Sun	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.54	0.7
94	Sat	Saturday Movie	FAM	9:00 PM	1.53	0.6
95	Wed	Big Screen Movie	FAM	8:30 PM	1.48	0.5
96	Sun	Sunday Movie	FAM	8:00 PM	1.46	0.6
97	Sat	Christmas Movie	LIFE	8:00 PM	1.44	0.3
98	Sat	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.44	0.6
99	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.44	0.7
100	Fri	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.42	0.3

* - in millions