Top 100 Primetime Cable: January 2 - 8, 2017

ESPN's dominance continues with two of the classic college bowl games, RSE and SUGAR. January 2nd kicked off with a high scoring game between USC and PENN STATE in the Rose bowl, which drew a solid 15.7 million viewers and a 4.1 rating in Adults 18-49. That was followed by the Sugar Bowl, between AUBURN and OKLAHOMA. 9.5 million viewers stuck around until after midnight, easter time, along with a 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49.

FOX News pushed three THE O'REILLY FACTOR episode into the top five, averaging 3.9 million viewers. A fourth episode ranked ninth with 3.2 million viewers..

GOLD RUSH edged out FIXER UPPER for tops in the reality genre, as the Discovery series collected 3.8 million viewers, while the HGTV home improvement series topped out at 3.5 million viewers. CURSE OF OAK ISLAND was a spot behind with 3.4 million viewers.

The return of OWN's THE HAVE AND THE HAVE NOTS (#18) was the week's top scripted original program, posting 3.00 million viewers for the winter premiere. At 2.4 million viewers, VIKINGS was #2 in the category, placing 31st overall.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Mon	ROSE BOWL: USC v PENN	ESPN	5:13 PM	15,740	4.1
2	Mon	SUGAR BOWL: AUB v OK	ESPN	9:29 PM	9,515	2.8
3	Wed	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,975	0.3
4	Tue	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,927	0.4
5	Thu	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,814	0.3
6	Fri	Gold Rush	DISC	9:00 PM	3,750	1.1
7	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	9:00 PM	3,524	0.8
8	Tue	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	9:00 PM	3,427	1.0
9	Fri	The O'Reilly Factor	FOXN	8:00 PM	3,244	0.3
10	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	9:00 PM	3,172	0.7
11	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	3,159	1.1
12	Tue	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	3,146	0.4
13	Tue	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,139	0.3
14	Wed	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,104	0.3
15	Thu	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,066	0.3
16	Fri	The Kelly File	FOXN	9:00 PM	3,044	0.3
17	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	3,042	1.1
18	Tue	The Haves & Have Nots	OWN	9:00 PM	2,989	0.9
19	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	2,939	1.1
20	Sun	Alaska: The Last Frontier	DISC	9:00 PM	2,919	0.6
21	Sat	Hallmark Movie	HALL	9:00 PM	2,765	0.4
22	Wed	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,629	0.3
23	Mon	Love And Hip Hop 7	VH1	8:00 PM	2,610	1.4
24	Fri	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,610	0.3
25	Sun	The Real housewives: ATL	BRVO	8:00 PM	2,602	1.1
26	Tue	WWE Smackdown	USA	8:00 PM	2,596	0.9
27	Thu	HANNITY	FOXN	10:00 PM	2,582	0.3
28	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,439	0.9
29	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,415	0.9
30	Mon	Street Outlaws	DISC	9:00 PM	2,411	1.1
31	Wed	VIKINGS	HIST	9:00 PM	2,371	0.7
32	Fri	Movie	DSNY	8:30 PM	2,324	0.6
33	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,314	0.9
34	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,309	0.8
35	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,295	0.8
36	Tue	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	2,272	0.5
37	Mon	American Pickers	HIST	9:00 PM	2,254	0.5
38	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,200	0.8
39	Wed	Property Bros.	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,170	0.5
40	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,163	0.8
41	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,157	0.7
42	Wed	NBA: POR vs GS	ESPN	10:35 PM	2,156	0.9
43	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,156	0.8
44	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	10:03 PM	2,153	0.6
45	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,135	0.8
46	Mon	The O'Reilly Factor SPCL	FOXN	8:00 PM	2,121	0.2
47	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,117	0.7
48	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,110	0.7
49	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,106	0.7
50	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,080	0.8
51	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	2,063	0.7
52	Sat	Justice w/Judge Jeannie	FOXN	9:00 PM	2,063	0.2
53	Wed	NBA: CHI vs CLE	ESPN	8:01 PM	2,058	0.8
54	Thu	Flip or Flop	HGTV	9:00 PM	2,055	0.5
55	Tue	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	2,055	0.5
56	Sun	The Librarians	TNT	8:00 PM	2,046	0.5
57	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,041	0.7
58	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,039	0.7
59	Fri	NBA: MEM v GS	ESPN	10:40 PM	2,026	0.8
60	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,024	0.8
61	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	2,010	0.7
62	Tue	Fixer Upper	HGTV	8:00 PM	2,010	0.5
63	Thu	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:30 PM	2,006	0.7
64	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:00 PM	2,002	0.7
65	Fri	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	2,001	0.6
66	Wed	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,990	0.4
67	Sat	SportsCenter	ESPN	8:01 PM	1,982	0.7
68	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	9:00 PM	1,965	0.6
69	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	10:30 PM	1,960	0.7
70	Mon	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,944	0.4
71	Fri	Gold Rush (S)	DISC	10:01 PM	1,902	0.6
72	Tue	The Real Housewives: BH	BRVO	9:00 PM	1,889	0.7
73	Mon	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,880	0.4
74	Wed	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,855	0.4
75	Sat	The Thundermans	NICK	8:00 PM	1,843	0.3
76	Sun	Family Guy	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,840	0.9
77	Sat	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,827	0.6
78	Mon	Leave It to Stevie	VH1	9:00 PM	1,815	0.9
79	Tue	Hunting Hitler	HIST	10:00 PM	1,814	0.5
80	Thu	House Hunters	HGTV	10:00 PM	1,813	0.4
81	Thu	House Hunters INTL	HGTV	10:30 PM	1,798	0.4
82	Thu	ALONE	HIST	9:00 PM	1,790	0.4
83	Wed	NCIS	USA	8:00 PM	1,782	0.3
84	Sun	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:30 PM	1,779	0.6
85	Sat	Watters World	FOXN	8:00 PM	1,779	0.1
86	Thu	NBA: OKC v HOU	TNT	8:00 PM	1,777	0.7
87	Sun	Sister Wives	TLC	8:00 PM	1,754	0.6
88	Tue	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,750	0.6
89	Sat	Movie	DSNY	9:00 PM	1,748	0.4
90	Thu	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,734	0.2
91	Wed	The Big Bang Theory	TBS	8:00 PM	1,728	0.6
92	Sun	Worst Cooks	FOOD	9:00 PM	1,703	0.5
93	Fri	Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	9:00 PM	1,701	0.2
94	Tue	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,700	0.8
95	Thu	Curse of Oak Island	HIST	8:53 PM	1,694	0.4
96	Wed	Alaskan Bush People	DISC	8:00 PM	1,693	0.4
97	Sun	Beachfront Bargain hunt	HGTV	8:30 PM	1,682	0.4
98	Sun	Caribbean Life	HGTV	9:30 PM	1,657	0.4
99	Mon	SUGAR BOWL: AUB v OK	ESPN2	8:46 PM	1,651	0.5
100	Wed	American Dad	ADSW	10:30 PM	1,650	0.8

* - Viewership (,000)