Top 100 Primetime Cable: December 19 - 25, 2016

The NFL rules the top of this week's cable chart, with four programs taking the top eight spots. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was top dog, collecting 11.2 million viewers and a 3.6 rating in Adults 18-49. A special Saturday night edition of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, exclusively on the NFL Network, drew 6.3 million viewers and a 1.9 demo rating, on Christmas Eve. The NFL Network also had a late Sunday Afternoon game which hauled in a whopping 14.8 million viewers and a 4.5 demo rating, as it was the only afternoon game of the day.

A special Christmas movie of WHEN CALLS THE HEAR, on the Hallmark Channel, brought in 3.7 million viewers to be the top holiday special and the top scripted cable original of the week. Hallmark also placed another 14 Christmas Movies in the top 100.

In the reality genre, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND is king, ranking 9th overall, with 3.4 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49. The next closest reality show on the chart is STREET OUTLAWS, at #29, with 2.5 million viewers.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Mon	MNF: CAR v WAS	ESPN	8:15 PM	11,210	3.6
2	Sun	TNF Post-Game	NFL	7:38 PM	8,878	3.0
3	Sat	TNF: CIN v HOU	NFL	8:26 PM	6,278	1.9
4	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,156	0.4
5	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,811	0.3
6	Sat	TNF Pre-Kick	NFL	8:00 PM	3,785	1.2
7	Sun	When Calls The Heart	HALL	8:00 PM	3,657	0.5
8	Thu	TNF: NYG v PHI	NFL	8:27 PM	3,573	1.3
9	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	3,440	0.9
10	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,235	0.3
11	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,062	1.0
12	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	2,971	1.1
13	Mon	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,964	0.3
14	Sun	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:30 PM	2,859	0.5
15	Sat	Saturday Movie	FREE	9:45 PM	2,845	1.2
16	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,834	1.0
17	Sat	Saturday Movie	FREE	7:40 PM	2,715	1.1
18	Sun	A Football Life	NFL	8:00 PM	2,715	0.9
19	Wed	College Basketball: KY v LOUIS	ESPN	7:00 PM	2,715	0.8
20	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,641	0.9
21	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,637	0.9
22	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,607	0.9
23	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,573	0.3
24	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,564	0.9
25	Mon	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,538	0.2
26	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,523	0.9
27	Fri	Bowl Game: OHIO v TROY	ESPN	8:10 PM	2,512	0.6
28	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,504	0.3
29	Mon	Street Outlaws	DISC	9:00 PM	2,481	1.0
30	Fri	Movie: FROZEN	DSNY	8:30 PM	2,470	0.6
31	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,466	0.9
32	Fri	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	2,447	0.4
33	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,447	0.2
34	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,439	0.9
35	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,393	0.9
36	Wed	Bowl Game: BYU v WY	ESPN	9:16 PM	2,380	0.7
37	Sat	NCIS	USA	9:34 PM	2,342	0.4
38	Sat	NCIS	USA	8:52 PM	2,341	0.4
39	Mon	Love And Hip Hop	VH1	8:00 PM	2,291	1.2
40	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,287	0.8
41	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,287	0.2
42	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,265	0.8
43	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,227	0.7
44	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:30 PM	2,199	0.4
45	Thu	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	2,198	0.4
46	Sun	Sunday Movie	FREE	7:45 PM	2,187	0.8
47	Sat	24 Hours of A Christmas Story	TBS	8:00 PM	2,182	0.8
48	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,180	0.3
49	Sat	NCIS	USA	8:10 PM	2,174	0.4
50	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,172	0.8
51	Sat	NCIS	USA	10:17 PM	2,169	0.4
52	Mon	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	2,168	0.4
53	Wed	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	2,144	0.6
54	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	2,094	0.4
55	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,090	0.2
56	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	2,071	0.7
57	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,069	0.7
58	Wed	Big Screen Movie	FREE	8:55 PM	2,067	0.8
59	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,048	0.2
60	Wed	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	2,045	0.4
61	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,041	0.2
62	Sat	24 Hours of A Christmas Story	TBS	10:00 PM	2,035	0.9
63	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,030	0.2
64	Thu	TNF Pre-Kick	NFL	8:18 PM	2,018	0.7
65	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,017	0.6
66	Sun	HHOF Collection Movie	HALL	6:30 PM	2,003	0.4
67	Wed	Movie	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,990	0.4
68	Mon	Leave It to Stevie	VH1	9:00 PM	1,988	1.0
69	Mon	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	1,969	0.4
70	Tue	Hallmark Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	1,934	0.4
71	Mon	Big Screen Movie	FREE	6:50 PM	1,886	0.8
72	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	1,877	0.7
73	Fri	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1,868	0.4
74	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,857	0.5
75	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,835	0.7
76	Mon	Big Screen Movie	FREE	8:55 PM	1,822	0.8
77	Sat	24 Hours of A Christmas Story	TNT	8:00 PM	1,804	0.6
78	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	1,804	0.2
79	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,792	0.6
80	Thu	Project Runway (SF)	LIFE	8:00 PM	1,785	0.4
81	Thu	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	8:53 PM	1,764	0.4
82	Thu	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1,759	0.4
83	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	1,753	0.4
84	Wed	HHOF Movie	HALL	8:00 PM	1,738	0.3
85	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,730	0.4
86	Fri	SPONGEBOB	NICK	8:00 PM	1,726	0.3
87	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	1,724	0.6
88	Tue	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1,701	0.4
89	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,688	0.7
90	Sun	Sunday Movie	FREE	5:40 PM	1,683	0.6
91	Mon	MNF Countdown	ESPN	6:01 PM	1,678	0.6
92	Thu	Movie	DSNY	8:00 PM	1,676	0.3
93	Tue	Hunting Hitler	HIST	10:03 PM	1,675	0.4
94	Wed	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,664	0.7
95	Sun	The Librarians	TNT	8:00 PM	1,651	0.4
96	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	8:00 PM	1,633	0.3
97	Mon	Hallmark Movie	HALL	10:00 PM	1,630	0.3
98	Fri	SPONGEBOB	NICK	8:30 PM	1,625	0.3
99	Mon	K. Michelle: My Life	VH1	9:30 PM	1,622	0.8
100	Tue	Big Screen Movie	FREE	8:50 PM	1,618	0.6

* - Viewership (,000)