The Monday Night Football game between the Chiefs and Patriots topped cable viewership for the week ending November 27 with 12.3 million viewers NFL Network's Thanksgiving edition of Thursday Night Football with the older Harbaugh brother coaching the Ravens and the younger the 49ers was its most-watched telecast ever for the network with 10.7 million viewers. The mid-season finale of The Walking Dead was the top non-sports program with with 6.6 million viewers.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending November 27, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | CHIEFS/PATRIOTS | ESPN | Mon | 08:30P-11:38P | 12,344 |
| 2 | 2011 - SF VS. BAL | NFLN | Thu | 08:30P-11:15P | 10,681 |
| 3 | PRE-KICK | NFLN | Thu | 08:00P-08:30P | 7,327 |
| 4 | Walking Dead | AMC | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,623 |
| 5 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,764 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:05P | 4,683 |
| 7 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 4,488 |
| 8 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:30P-11:00P | 4,178 |
| 9 | TEXAS/TEXAS A&M | ESPN | Thu | 08:00P-12:03A | 4,146 |
| 10 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,954 |
| 11 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,897 |
| 12 | Shake It Up | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,892 |
| 13 | Sons Of Anarchy | FX | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,851 |
| 14 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 3,819 |
| 15 | PITTSBURGH/WEST VIRGINIA | ESPN | Fri | 07:12P-10:28P | 3,765 |
| 16 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,714 |
| 17 | SOUL TRAIN AWARDS | BET | Sun | 09:00P-11:00P | 3,675 |
| 18 | SNOW WHITE & 7 DWARFS | DSNY | Thu | 11:10A-12:45P | 3,602 |
| 19 | REP NATL SECURITY DEBATE | CNN | Tue | 08:00P-09:59P | 3,602 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 3,567 |
| 21 | HOLIDAY ENGAGEMENT | HALL | Sun | 08:00P-10:00P | 3,522 |
| 22 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,504 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,489 |
| 24 | For Better Or Worse | TBSC | Fri | 10:30P-11:00P | 3,423 |
| 25 | POSTGAME | NFLN | Thu | 11:18P-12:08A | 3,415 |
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