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With the BCS Championship there was again no doubt that ESPN would lead in primetime with both adults 18-49 and total viewers for the week ending January 15, 2012. Now that college football is over, ESPN should not be lodged at the top every single week.
Nickelodeon was back on top in total day total viewership, after being beaten in a rare upset by ESPN last week..
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week Ending January 15, 2012
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 4,503 |
| USA | 2,733 |
| DSNY | 2,465 |
| HIST | 2,237 |
| TBSC | 1,980 |
| FOXN | 1,871 |
| A&E | 1,850 |
| TNT | 1,552 |
| SYFY | 1,383 |
| DISC | 1,313 |
| FOOD | 1,294 |
| TRU | 1,242 |
| ADSM | 1,232 |
| FAM | 1,229 |
| HGTV | 1,119 |
| BET | 1,099 |
| FX | 1,048 |
| MTV | 1,032 |
| LIFE | 1,004 |
| NAN | 975 |
| TLC | 923 |
| AMC | 902 |
| CMDY | 894 |
| TVLD | 891 |
| BRAV | 875 |
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Adults 18-49 Prime-time Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 2,127 |
| TBSC | 1,146 |
| USA | 973 |
| HIST | 966 |
| A&E | 937 |
| MTV | 722 |
| DISC | 674 |
| TRU | 654 |
| TNT | 647 |
| SYFY | 609 |
| CMDY | 604 |
| BET | 602 |
| FAM | 584 |
| FOOD | 583 |
| FX | 576 |
| ADSM | 548 |
| BRAV | 514 |
| VH1 | 513 |
| DSNY | 487 |
| LIFE | 451 |
| TLC | 443 |
| EN | 430 |
| SPK | 413 |
| HGTV | 390 |
| NAN | 340 |
| APL | 330 |
| ID | 318 |
| AMC | 270 |
| FOXN | 268 |
| TVLD | 268 |
| NGC | 223 |
| NKJR | 218 |
| TRAV | 216 |
| LMN | 205 |
| OXYG | 185 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 1,666 |
| DSNY | 1,639 |
| ESPN | 1,479 |
| ADSM | 1,304 |
| USA | 1,284 |
| FOXN | 1,080 |
| TNT | 1,065 |
| NAN | 1,054 |
| TOON | 1,047 |
| HIST | 1,033 |
| TBSC | 933 |
| A&E | 895 |
| FX | 715 |
| FOOD | 714 |
| HGTV | 664 |
| TVLD | 656 |
| ID | 623 |
| DISC | 623 |
| NKJR | 592 |
| MTV | 587 |
| TRU | 571 |
| SYFY | 570 |
| FAM | 566 |
| AMC | 562 |
| BET | 537 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Cable Channel Abbreviations: NICK = Nickelodeon, NAN = Nick At Nite, TOON = Cartoon Network, ADSM = Adult Swim, TRU = truTV, LIFE = Lifetime, NKJR - Nick Jr., FAM = ABC Family, TVLD = TV Land, FOXN = Fox News, TBSC = TBS, DISC = Discovery
