The Alabama/LSU BCS Championship easily topped all cable viewing for the week ending January 15 with an average of 24.21 million viewers. After an assortment of BCS related shows, Jersey Shore was the top non-pigskin show with 6.49 million.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending January 15, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) | HH rating |
| 1 | BCS CHAMPIONSHIP L (LSU/ALABAMA) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 24,214 | 14.0 |
| 2 | BCS CHAMPIONSHIP POST (LSU/ALABAMA) | ESPN | MONDAY | 11:24 PM | 21,555 | 12.7 |
| 3 | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:16 PM | 13,649 | 8.1 |
| 4 | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | MONDAY | 11:36 PM | 12,006 | 7.1 |
| 5 | BCS BOWL STUDIO L | ESPN | MONDAY | 7:50 PM | 8,141 | 5.0 |
| 6 | Jersey Shore SSN 5 | MTV | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 6,491 | 4.0 |
| 7 | Pawn Stars | HIST | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 6,117 | 3.7 |
| 8 | Pawn Stars | HIST | MONDAY | 10:30 PM | 5,951 | 3.7 |
| 9 | American Pickers | HIST | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,494 | 3.3 |
| 10 | Gold Rush (TWENTY FOUR SEVEN) | DISC | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,480 | 3.1 |
| 11 | GAME, THE S5 (GAME, THE 501/502) | BET | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 5,286 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Storage Wars | AEN | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,821 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Storage Wars | AEN | TUESDAY | 8:30 PM | 4,773 | 3.0 |
| 14 | FRENEMIES | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 4,207 | 2.4 |
| 15 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 4,176 | 2.7 |
| 16 | Jersey Shore SSN 5 AFTER | MTV | THURSDAY | 11:00 PM | 4,127 | 2.6 |
| 17 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,096 | 2.6 |
| 18 | SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | MONDAY | 11:56 PM | 4,074 | 2.7 |
| 19 | Big Bang Theory, THE (EUCLID ALTERNATIVE, THE) | TBSC | TUESDAY | 9:30 PM | 4,020 | 2.6 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:30 AM | 3,959 | 2.5 |
| 21 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,920 | 2.4 |
| 22 | CAJUN Pawn Stars (MONEY BZZZNESS) | HIST | SUNDAY | 10:30 PM | 3,912 | 2.3 |
| 23 | NCIS | USA | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,874 | 2.6 |
| 24 | Storage Wars TEXAS (REMEMBER THE ALAMO 2) | AEN | TUESDAY | 10:30 PM | 3,783 | 2.4 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 10:30 AM | 3,767 | 2.4 |
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