Primetime Cable Ratings: November 30, 2016

History went all-out for the mid-season premiere of the period drama, VIKINGS. At 8 PM, a VIKINGS Special scripted recap of the series, to date, brought in 1.7 million viewers, ranking 13th on the night. That was followed by the winter premiere of VIKINGS, which ranked 7th, collecting 2.4 million viewers. That is right on par with the Spring premiere, earlier this year. At to, the new series, REAL VIKINGS, held on to 1.4 million viewers, ranking 21st on the night.

FOX News takes the top three spots, averaging 3.3 million viewers in Primetime. FOX News continues to flourish after the election, while CNN has dropped out of the chart and MSNBC only puts two shows on the lower portion of the chart.

Encores of BIG BANG THEORY post the four top numbers in the A18-49 demographic. Three of the six episodes generate a 1.0 demo rating. TBS has the highest demo average of the night, with a 0.8 rating over the three hours.

Rank	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
31	Duck Dynasty	A&E	9:00 PM	1,051	0.4
28	American Dad	ADSW	10:00 PM	1,139	0.5
25	Bob's Burgers	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,286	0.6
17	South Park	CMDY	10:00 PM	1,448	0.8
29	College Basketball: PUR v LOUIS	ESPN	7:15 PM	1,112	0.3
10	College Basketball: NC v IU	ESPN	9:18 PM	1,972	0.7
1	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,987	0.4
2	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,156	0.3
3	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,680	0.3
24	Big Screen Movie	FREE	9:00 PM	1,291	0.5
12	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	1,728	0.4
18	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1,437	0.3
30	Property Bros.	HGTV	8:00 PM	1,060	0.3
15	Brothers Take New orleans	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,632	0.4
16	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,581	0.4
22	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,382	0.3
13	Vikings Special	HIST	8:00 PM	1,705	0.4
7	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	2,407	0.7
21	Real Vikings	HIST	10:02 PM	1,394	0.3
27	Grave Secrets	ID	9:00 PM	1,174	0.3
20	Homicide Hunter	ID	10:00 PM	1,407	0.3
23	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,367	0.2
32	Last Word w/ L.O'Donnell	MSNBC	10:00 PM	1,026	0.1
11	Queen Sugar	OWN	10:00 PM	1,912	0.6
14	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,677	0.5
9	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,253	0.7
8	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,363	0.8
5	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,491	1.0
4	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,506	1.0
6	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,420	1.0
19	Law & Order: SVU	USA	8:00 PM	1,407	0.5
26	Law & Order: SVU	USA	9:00 PM	1,225	0.4

* Viewership (,000)