The Monday Night Football game between the Rams and Seahawks topped cable viewership for the week ending December 18 averaging 9.9 million viewers, up about 400,000 viewers from last week's game. Thursday's Republican Presidential Debate on Fox News was second for the week averaging 6.7 million viewers.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending December 18, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) | HH rating |
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (RAMS/SEAHAWKS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 9,880 | 6.2 |
| 2 | REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE(S) | FOXNC | THURSDAY | 9:00 PM | 6,713 | 4.4 |
| 3 | NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME (2011 - DAL VS. TB) | NFLN | SATURDAY | 8:29 PM | 5,615 | 3.3 |
| 4 | REP DEBATE ANALYSIS(S) | FOXNC | THURSDAY | 10:55 PM | 5,386 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Gold Rush (ON THE GOLD) | DISC | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,380 | 3.2 |
| 6 | CLOSER, THE (713 RELATIVE MATTERS) | TNT | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,295 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Pawn Stars | HIST | MONDAY | 10:30 PM | 5,232 | 3.3 |
| 8 | Pawn Stars | HIST | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 5,217 | 3.2 |
| 9 | Storage Wars | AEN | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 5,204 | 3.2 |
| 10 | RIZZOLI & ISLES (213 SEVENTEEN AINT SO SWEET) | TNT | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,905 | 3.2 |
| 11 | American Pickers | HIST | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,852 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Storage Wars TEXAS | AEN | TUESDAY | 10:30 PM | 4,683 | 2.8 |
| 13 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,493 | 2.6 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:30 AM | 4,371 | 2.7 |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 4,324 | 2.7 |
| 16 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,161 | 2.5 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 4,084 | 2.6 |
| 18 | NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME (2011 - JAX VS. ATL) | NFLN | THURSDAY | 8:29 PM | 3,972 | 2.5 |
| 19 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,863 | 2.5 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:00 AM | 3,759 | 2.4 |
| 21 | KUNG FU PANDA | NICK | SATURDAY | 11:00 AM | 3,723 | 2.3 |
| 22 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,673 | 2.2 |
| 23 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,647 | 2.4 |
| 24 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SUNDAY | 10:30 AM | 3,540 | 2.3 |
| 25 | PRE-KICK (PRE-KICK 11 DAL VS. TB) | NFLN | SATURDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,538 | 2.2 |
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