Thursday Night Football was the night's top cable program with a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating, down from a 3.3 last week. The season premiere of Jersey Shore came in second with a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating, way down from a 4.0 for its season 5 premiere on January 5, 2012.
We only receive the top 100 cable shows for adults 25-54 for the whole day from our primary source. If you don't see your show it wasn't in that top 100 list.
The list below is long but you can use your browsers "find on page" feature (usually CTRL+F or CMD+F) to search - that's probably the easiest way to find Thursday night's episode of a specific show
Thursday's Selected Cable Ratings:
| Show | Net | Time | Viewers (000) (Live + SD) | Adult 18-49 Rating (Live + SD) |
| NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME | NFLN | 8:30 PM | 6435 | 2.6 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 10:00 PM | 4694 | 2.5 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 11:00 PM | 4173 | 2.3 |
| POSTGUN | NFLN | 11:42 PM | 3941 | 1.8 |
| PRE-KICK | NFLN | 8:00 PM | 3351 | 1.2 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 2707 | 1.2 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 2664 | 1.1 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 2280 | 1.1 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 2396 | 1.0 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2361 | 1.0 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 2066 | 1.0 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 12:02 AM | 1771 | 0.9 |
| POSTGAME | NFLN | 11:45 PM | 1996 | 0.9 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 2183 | 0.9 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 2049 | 0.8 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L | ESPN | 8:55 PM | 2273 | 0.8 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 1:02 AM | 1318 | 0.8 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 1841 | 0.7 |
| Beyond Scared Straight | AEN | 10:00 PM | 1517 | 0.7 |
| FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 8:00 PM | 1419 | 0.7 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 5 | MTV | 8:45 PM | 1473 | 0.6 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1456 | 0.6 |
| Project Runway | LIF | 9:00 PM | 1907 | 0.6 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 8:30 PM | 1220 | 0.6 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1347 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 10:00 PM | 2483 | 0.6 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1333 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:30 PM | 2639 | 0.5 |
| Beyond Scared Straight | AEN | 11:01 PM | 1210 | 0.5 |
| TEXAS CAR WARS | DISC | 10:00 PM | 1302 | 0.5 |
| THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 4280 | 0.5 |
| NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 2382 | 0.5 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:30 PM | 1842 | 0.5 |
| NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 2390 | 0.5 |
| SPORTSCENTER 12AM L | ESPN | 12:24 AM | 1114 | 0.5 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:30 PM | 2503 | 0.5 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:30 PM | 1286 | 0.5 |
| KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 1319 | 0.5 |
| Hannity | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 3908 | 0.5 |
| NCIS | USA | 7:00 PM | 2107 | 0.5 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 9:30 AM | 1643 | 0.5 |
| MINNIES BOW-TOONS | DSNY | 9:55 AM | 1615 | 0.5 |
| FAST N LOUD | DISC | 9:00 PM | 956 | 0.4 |
| NTSF:SD:SUV:: | ADSM | 12:15 AM | 1049 | 0.4 |
| DOC MCSTUFFINS | DSNY | 10:00 AM | 1536 | 0.4 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 10:00 PM | 1474 | 0.4 |
| Conan | TBSC | 11:00 PM | 855 | 0.4 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:00 PM | 2525 | 0.4 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 881 | 0.4 |
| NFL TOTAL ACCESS | NFLN | 12:26 AM | 855 | 0.4 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 9:00 PM | 1477 | 0.4 |
| PLAYING WITH SKULLY | DSNY | 9:25 AM | 1479 | 0.4 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:00 PM | 1389 | 0.4 |
| WIPEOUT | TRU | 8:00 PM | 895 | 0.4 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:00 PM | 2061 | 0.4 |
| ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | FOXNC | 10:00 PM | 3248 | 0.4 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 8:00 PM | 956 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:30 AM | 889 | 0.4 |
| DRAKE & JOSH | NICK | 7:30 PM | 2143 | 0.4 |
| TOSH.O | CMDY | 12:01 AM | 705 | 0.4 |
| Real Housewives of Miami | BRVO | 9:00 PM | 847 | 0.4 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 12:39 AM | 921 | 0.4 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:00 PM | 1084 | 0.4 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 9:00 AM | 1451 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:30 PM | 998 | 0.4 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 12:06 AM | 957 | 0.4 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 863 | 0.4 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 7:30 PM | 986 | 0.4 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 12:01 AM | 814 | 0.4 |
| IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 10:30 PM | 808 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 6:00 PM | 1684 | 0.3 |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 629 | 0.3 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 1:01 AM | 868 | 0.3 |
| THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | 11:00 PM | 1756 | 0.3 |
| IMPACT WRESTLING | SPIKE | 8:00 PM | 1058 | 0.3 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 7:00 PM | 1211 | 0.3 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 7:00 PM | 871 | 0.3 |
| IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 10:00 PM | 759 | 0.3 |
| FOX AND FRIENDS | FOXNC | 7:00 AM | 1832 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:00 AM | 828 | 0.3 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 8:00 PM | 1449 | 0.3 |
| NOREASTER MEN | HIST | 9:00 PM | 1182 | 0.3 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:33 PM | 950 | 0.3 |
| Burn Notice | USA | 11:00 PM | 1252 | 0.3 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS INTL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 1241 | 0.3 |
| FIVE, THE | FOXNC | 5:00 PM | 2310 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 4:00 PM | 1468 | 0.3 |
| AMERICAS NEWSROOM | FOXNC | 9:00 AM | 2110 | 0.3 |
| SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | FOXNC | 6:00 PM | 2590 | 0.3 |
| EXTREME HOMES (2012) | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 884 | 0.3 |
| Ancient Aliens | HIST | 7:00 PM | 859 | 0.3 |
| CHARMED | TNT | 8:00 AM | 740 | 0.3 |
| AMERICAS NEWSROOM | FOXNC | 10:00 AM | 1953 | 0.3 |
| Rachel Maddow Show | MSNBC | 9:00 PM | 1286 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 12:00 AM | 1160 | 0.3 |
| FOX AND FRIENDS | FOXNC | 8:00 AM | 2095 | 0.3 |
| FOX AND FRIENDS | FOXNC | 6:00 AM | 1286 | 0.3 |
| SUPERNATURAL | TNT | 9:00 AM | 654 | 0.3 |
| The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | FOXNC | 7:00 PM | 2243 | 0.2 |
| SYFY MOVIE | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 796 | 0.2 |
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Thanks to Nick for the Hollywood Heights ratings.