Primetime Cable Ratings: December 31, 2015

Only eleven cable programs drew over one million viewers on New Year's Eve night, with a large majority of those viewers tuning into the two semi-final games of the College Football Playoffs, on ESPN, grabbing between 15-19 million viewers. The games were down over 10 million viewers, from last year's games, with the early game down nearly 50%.

NYE with Anderson Cooper drew the same number of viewers as last year's telecast, with 1.6 million, but the A18-49 demographic dropped 33% from a 0.6 to a 0.4 rating.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	College Playoff Semi-Final	ESPN	8:15 PM	18.55	5.5
2	College Bowl Studio	ESPN	8:08 PM	18.09	5.5
3	College Playoff Semi-Final	ESPN	4:15 PM	15.64	4.7
4	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	1.66	0.5
5	NYE w/ Anderson Cooper	CNN	8:00 PM	1.62	0.4
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1.39	0.4
7	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.30	0.5
8	Countdown to 2016	FOXN	10:00 PM	1.25	0.1
9	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.19	0.5
10	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1.19	0.4
11	NYE Movie	TNT	8:00 PM	1.18	0.4

* - in millions