The Monday Night Football game between the Steelers and 49ers topped cable viewing for the week with 16.7 million viewers, up big from the prior week's lousy Rams/Seahawks game that averaged 9.9 million viewers.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending December 25, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | STEELERS/49ERS | ESPN | Mon | 08:48P-12:28A | 16,677 |
| 2 | BOSTON/NEW YORK | TNT | Sun | 12:00P-02:57P | 5,860 |
| 3 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,812 |
| 4 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 5,324 |
| 5 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 5,164 |
| 6 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5,033 |
| 7 | MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L | ESPN | Mon | 07:00P-08:48P | 4,907 |
| 8 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,824 |
| 9 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | Mon | 12:28A-01:30A | 4,666 |
| 10 | 2011 - HOU VS. IND | NFLN | Thu | 08:30P-11:28P | 4,583 |
| 11 | 24 HOURS OF A XMAS STORY | TBSC | Sun | 10:00A-12:00P | 4,532 |
| 12 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,428 |
| 13 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,299 |
| 14 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:07P | 4,169 |
| 15 | TOY STORY 2 | DSNY | Fri | 09:00A-10:40A | 4,159 |
| 16 | 24 HOURS OF A XMAS STORY | TBSC | Sat | 08:00P-10:00P | 4,126 |
| 17 | 24 HOURS OF A XMAS STORY | TBSC | Sat | 10:00P-12:00A | 4,095 |
| 18 | Storage Wars TEXAS | A&E | Tue | 10:30P-11:00P | 4,039 |
| 19 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 3,962 |
| 20 | TOY STORY 2 | DSNY | Thu | 08:30P-10:10P | 3,898 |
| 21 | 24 HOURS OF A XMAS STORY | TBSC | Sun | 12:00P-02:00P | 3,675 |
| 22 | 24 HOURS OF A XMAS STORY | TBSC | Sun | 08:00A-10:00A | 3,663 |
| 23 | HOW THE GRINCH STOLE XMAS | FAM | Fri | 08:00P-10:30P | 3,662 |
| 24 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Tue | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,601 |
| 25 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | Fri | 10:40A-11:05A | 3,435 |
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