The Monday Night Football game between the Chargers and Jaguars topped cable viewership for the week ending December 11 with 9.5 million viewers, but that was down nearly five million viewers from the previous week's Giants/Saints game. The Browns/Steelers game on Thursday was second for the week with 6.6 million viewers. The 100th episode of The Closer on December 5 averaged 4.85 million viewers.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending December 11, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | CHARGERS/JAGUARS | ESPN | Mon | 08:30P-11:35P | 9466 |
| 2 | 2011 - CLE VS. PIT | NFLN | Thu | 08:29P-11:31P | 6578 |
| 3 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4854 |
| 4 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 4792 |
| 5 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 4774 |
| 6 | American Chopper | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:02P | 4766 |
| 7 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 4650 |
| 8 | HEISMAN TROPHY L | ESPN | Sat | 08:00P-09:02P | 4603 |
| 9 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 4481 |
| 10 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4402 |
| 11 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:09P | 4302 |
| 12 | Sons Of Anarchy | FX | Tue | 10:00P-11:01P | 4244 |
| 13 | Teen Mom II SSN 2 | MTV | Tue | 10:00P-11:03P | 4154 |
| 14 | Storage Wars TEXAS | A&E | Tue | 10:30P-11:00P | 4057 |
| 15 | JESSIE | DSNY | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 4009 |
| 16 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 3860 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3831 |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 3779 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3707 |
| 20 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 3622 |
| 21 | POLAR EXPRESS, THE | DSNY | Sat | 08:00P-09:55P | 3596 |
| 22 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 3590 |
| 23 | KENTUCKY/INDIANA | ESPN | Sat | 05:24P-07:34P | 3585 |
| 24 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 09:30A-10:00A | 3567 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 09:00A-09:30A | 3564 |
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