Top 15 Cable Sports Events: December 30 - 31, 2017

The bigger bowl games hit cable this weekend, allowing ESPN to dominate the top of the sports chart. The Orange Bowl drew 11.7 million viewers and a 3.12 rating in Adults 18-49, on Saturday night. Leading into that game, was the Fiesta Bowl and it delivered 10.2 million viewers and a 2.5 demographic rating.

FS1 broke up the string of ESPN events, with the UFC Prelims taking the #4 spots, with 914,000 viewers

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sat	Orange Bowl: WIS v MIA	ESPN	8:11 PM	11,727	3.12
2	Sat	Fiesta Bowl: WASH v Penn ST	ESPN	4:11 PM	10,167	2.50
3	Sat	Bowl Game: LOU v MISS ST	ESPN	12:00 PM	4,424	1.11
4	Sat	UFC Prelims	FS1	8:00 PM	914	0.32
5	Sun	NCAA BKBL: GA v KY	ESPN	6:00 PM	769	0.24
6	Sat	NCAA BKBL: WF  NC	ESPN2	12:00 PM	631	0.18
7	Sun	PBA Bowling Championship	ESPN	1:00 PM	544	0.13
8	Sat	NCAA BKBL: OK v TCU	ESPN2	2:04 PM	503	0.15
9	Sat	PL Soccer: LEIC v LIV	NBCSN	9:56 AM	498	0.19
10	Sun	PL Soccer: ARS v WB	NBCSN	11:27 AM	412	0.16
11	Sat	NCAA BKBL: TX AM v AL	ESPN2	6:04 PM	374	0.11
12	Sat	NCAA BKBL	ESPN2	4:19 PM	241	0.04
13	Sun	NCAA BKBL: WAS ST v USC	ESPN2	9:00 PM	241	0.07
14	Sun	PL Soccer: MAN C v CP	NBCSN	6:54 AM	206	0.08
15	Sat	NBA: PHI v DEN	NBA	9:00 PM	184	0.05

* viewership (,000)