Top 100 Primetime Cable: Dec. 28, 2015 - Jan 3, 2016

With the new year comes the college bowl season. Seven of the eight top shows were Bowl games, all on ESPN. The second playoff semi-final game was the top program of the week, drawing 18.6 million viewers and a 5.5 rating in Adults 18-49. The first semi-final game, ranking 4th, drew 15.6 million viewers.

Also on ESPN, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL's final game of the season collected 15.8 million viewers, for the #3 spot. ESPN will have one last NFL game this season, with a Wild Card playoff game this weekend.

Half of the top 40 cable programs are reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY, on TBS. Between 19 and 40, all but two slots are occupied by BIG BANG. overall, the comedy took 25% of the chart.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Thu	College Playoff Semi-Final	ESPN	8:15 PM	18.55	5.5
2	Thu	College Bowl Studio	ESPN	8:15 PM	18.09	5.5
3	Mon	MNF: CIN vs DEN	ESPN	8:15 PM	15.81	4.8
4	Thu	College Playoff Semi-Final	ESPN	4:15 PM	15.64	4.7
5	Fri	Sugar Bowl	ESPN	8:45 PM	8.94	2.6
6	Sat	College Bowl Game	ESPN	6:45 PM	7.41	2.0
7	Wed	College Bowl Game	ESPN	7:15 PM	5.42	1.5
8	Tue	College Bowl Game	ESPN	9:30 PM	4.96	1.6
9	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	4.25	1.3
10	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3.93	1.1
11	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3.70	1.2
12	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3.49	1.2
13	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	3.43	1.2
14	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	3.30	1.0
15	Sat	Hallmark movie	HALL	9:00 PM	3.07	0.4
16	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontoer	DISC	9:00 PM	3.06	0.8
17	Sun	The Real Housewives/ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	3.04	1.4
18	Mon	Love & Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2.81	1.5
19	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.76	1.0
20	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.68	0.9
21	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.66	1.0
22	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.65	0.9
23	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.62	0.9
24	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.61	0.9
25	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.61	0.9
26	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.58	0.9
27	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.58	0.9
28	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.57	0.8
29	Sun	Kardashians	E!	9:00 PM	2.54	1.2
30	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.54	0.9
31	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.53	0.8
32	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.43	0.9
33	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.40	1.0
34	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2.39	1.0
35	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2.35	0.8
36	Fri	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	2.33	0.5
37	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2.28	0.8
38	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2.26	0.9
39	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2.25	0.7
40	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2.20	0.8
41	Fri	Gold Rush: The Dirt	DISC	8:00 PM	2.19	0.6
42	Sat	USA Movie	USA	8:00 PM	2.17	0.5
43	Wed	Movie: Descendants	DSNY	8:00 PM	2.17	0.4
44	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.17	0.2
45	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2.16	0.2
46	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2.05	0.5
47	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2.05	0.7
48	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2.03	0.7
49	Sun	Long Island Medium	TLC	9:00 PM	2.02	0.6
50	Tue	SPONGEBOB	NICK	8:00 PM	1.99	0.5
51	Fri	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	10:00 PM	1.99	0.5
52	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.98	0.4
53	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1.98	0.3
54	Tue	Hunting Hitler	HIST	10:00 PM	1.97	0.6
55	Mon	Black Ink Crew/Chicago	VH1	9:00 PM	1.96	1.1
56	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.95	0.8
57	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	8:00 PM	1.94	0.5
58	Sun	Family Guy	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.94	1.0
59	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.94	0.5
60	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.94	0.5
61	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	1.91	0.2
62	Wed	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	1.91	0.3
63	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.88	0.5
64	Mon	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1.87	0.7
65	Fri	HGTV Dream Home	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.86	0.4
66	Tue	SPONGEBOB	NICK	8:30 PM	1.85	0.4
67	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontoer	DISC	8:00 PM	1.84	0.4
68	Mon	Black Ink Crew/Chicago	VH1	10:00 PM	1.79	1.0
69	Tue	The Real Housewives/BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.78	0.7
70	Sat	American Pickers	HIST	8:00 PM	1.78	0.4
71	Fri	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.77	0.4
72	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.75	0.8
73	Sun	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.75	0.8
74	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1.72	0.4
75	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1.71	0.6
76	Tue	MOONSHINERS	DISC	9:00 PM	1.70	0.6
77	Sun	Worst Cooks	FOOD	9:00 PM	1.70	0.5
78	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1.69	0.1
79	Fri	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1.68	0.6
80	Fri	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.68	0.4
81	Fri	Family Guy	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.68	0.7
82	Wed	American Dad	ADSM	10:30 PM	1.67	0.6
83	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1.67	0.1
84	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1.67	0.4
85	Sun	BeachFront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.66	0.4
86	Thu	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	1.66	0.5
87	Fri	Law & Order: SVU	USA	10:00 PM	1.65	0.5
88	Sun	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	10:00 PM	1.64	0.4
89	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	1.64	0.2
90	Wed	Oawn Stars	HIST	10:00 PM	1.63	0.3
91	Tue	Chopped Jr.	FOOD	8:00 PM	1.63	0.5
92	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	8:00 PM	1.63	0.4
93	Tue	American Dad	ADSM	10:00 PM	1.63	0.7
94	Tue	Big Screen Movie	FAM	8:15 PM	1.63	0.6
95	Thu	NYE w/ Anderson Cooper	CNN	8:00 PM	1.62	0.4
96	Mon	Love It or List It	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.62	0.4
97	Sat	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.62	0.4
98	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1.61	0.4
99	Mon	Love It or List It	HGTV	8:00 PM	1.59	0.4
100	Sun	BeachFront Bargain Hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1.58	0.4

* - in millions