Thursday Night Football was the night's top cable program with a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating, up from a 2.1 on November 15. Jersey Shore came in second with a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating, down from a 1.6 on November 15.
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 | 7066 | 2.8 |
| POSTGUN | NFLN | 11:39 PM | 4829 | 2.2 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 10:00 PM | 2419 | 1.3 |
| PRE-KICK | NFLN | 8:00 PM | 3501 | 1.3 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 3042 | 1.3 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 2924 | 1.2 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 2743 | 1.2 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 2572 | 1.2 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2476 | 1.1 |
| POSTGAME | NFLN | 11:41 PM | 2313 | 1.1 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 2353 | 1.1 |
| Burn Notice | USA | 10:00 PM | 3140 | 1.0 |
| FAIRLYODD CHRISTMAS MOVIE | NICK | 7:00 PM | 4473 | 0.9 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:30 PM | 3672 | 0.9 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 2062 | 0.9 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 AFTER | MTV | 11:02 PM | 1568 | 0.9 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:00 PM | 3195 | 0.8 |
| NBA Basketball | TNT | 8:16 PM | 1964 | 0.8 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1814 | 0.8 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:33 PM | 1533 | 0.7 |
| ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP | FX | 10:00 PM | 1080 | 0.7 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 1751 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:30 PM | 3009 | 0.7 |
| NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 3063 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:00 PM | 2989 | 0.7 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 9:00 PM | 1451 | 0.7 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 8:30 PM | 1380 | 0.7 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1436 | 0.6 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 11:32 PM | 1077 | 0.6 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 2:00 AM | 1236 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 3230 | 0.6 |
| FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 7:00 PM | 1353 | 0.6 |
| LEAGUE | FX | 10:31 PM | 870 | 0.6 |
| PANIC 9-1-1 | AEN | 10:00 PM | 1620 | 0.6 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:30 PM | 1495 | 0.6 |
| FAIRLY ODD PARENTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | NICK | 8:30 PM | 2965 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 7:00 PM | 2589 | 0.6 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1518 | 0.6 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 6:35 PM | 1435 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 11:01 PM | 2072 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 12:39 AM | 1214 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:00 PM | 1405 | 0.6 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 1127 | 0.6 |
| Ancient Aliens | HIST | 12:01 AM | 1338 | 0.6 |
| Conan | TBSC | 11:00 PM | 1156 | 0.5 |
| NCIS | USA | 6:00 PM | 2352 | 0.5 |
| NBA Basketball | TNT | 10:46 PM | 1208 | 0.5 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:00 PM | 1339 | 0.5 |
| FX MOVIE FRINGE | FX | 1:30 PM | 897 | 0.5 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 4:30 PM | 2516 | 0.5 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1360 | 0.5 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L | ESPN | 7:26 PM | 1699 | 0.5 |
| Real Housewives of Miami | BRVO | 9:00 PM | 1023 | 0.5 |
| SOFIA THE FIRST:ONCE UPON | DSNY | 9:30 AM | 1667 | 0.5 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 11:00 AM | 1528 | 0.5 |
| BITE SIZE ADV. OF SAM | DSNY | 8:25 AM | 1880 | 0.5 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:30 PM | 1195 | 0.5 |
| MINNIES BOW-TOONS | DSNY | 9:25 AM | 1730 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 1:00 PM | 1261 | 0.5 |
| SAO: THREE HEALTHY STEPS | DSNY | 11:25 AM | 1515 | 0.5 |
| JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P | DSNY | 8:30 AM | 1727 | 0.5 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 9:00 AM | 1674 | 0.5 |
| MINNIES BOW-TOONS | DSNY | 12:25 PM | 1362 | 0.5 |
| Project Runway ALL STARS | LIF | 9:00 PM | 1344 | 0.5 |
| TOY STORY TOONS SHORTS | DSNY | 10:20 AM | 1560 | 0.5 |
| APOLLO LIVE | BET | 8:00 PM | 1156 | 0.5 |
| FRIENDS | TBSC | 5:30 PM | 983 | 0.5 |
| NEVER LAND PIRATE SCHOOL | DSNY | 10:55 AM | 1530 | 0.5 |
| GHOST TOWN GOLD | DISC | 10:00 PM | 1349 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 12:01 AM | 1744 | 0.4 |
| NFL TOTAL ACCESS | NFLN | 12:27 AM | 913 | 0.4 |
| IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 10:30 PM | 799 | 0.4 |
| PANIC 9-1-1 | AEN | 11:01 PM | 929 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:00 PM | 1050 | 0.4 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 8:00 AM | 1848 | 0.4 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 8:35 PM | 1179 | 0.4 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 12:00 PM | 1335 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 5:00 PM | 1809 | 0.4 |
| MICKEYS MOUSEKERCIZE SHOR | DSNY | 8:55 AM | 1600 | 0.4 |
| Ancient Aliens | HIST | 9:00 PM | 1525 | 0.4 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1002 | 0.4 |
| FRIENDS | TBSC | 5:00 PM | 890 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 12:00 PM | 1056 | 0.4 |
| OCTONAUTS | DSNY | 11:30 AM | 1384 | 0.4 |
| NBA PRE-GAME SHOW | TNT | 8:00 PM | 1085 | 0.4 |
| IMPACT WRESTLING | SPIKE | 8:00 PM | 1304 | 0.4 |
| 101 GADGETS CHANGE WORLD | HIST | 6:00 PM | 1093 | 0.4 |
| COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | ESPN2 | 7:00 PM | 1162 | 0.4 |
| Ancient Aliens | HIST | 11:02 PM | 1238 | 0.4 |
| Ancient Aliens | HIST | 8:00 PM | 1233 | 0.4 |
| SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | 10:54 PM | 861 | 0.4 |
| Ancient Aliens | HIST | 10:00 PM | 1391 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 4:00 PM | 1617 | 0.4 |
| Burn Notice | USA | 1:01 AM | 1270 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:48 AM | 871 | 0.3 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 6:30 PM | 968 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 12:12 AM | 963 | 0.3 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 7:00 PM | 1122 | 0.3 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1276 | 0.3 |
| HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE | HALL | 8:00 PM | 1442 | 0.3 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
ALWAYS SUNNY is a hoot, I’ve been watching it for awhile — I’ve completely missed the first 6 or so seasons and was dumbfounded when I found out the show was this old already.
Wow the fairly odd movie did good.(: I really liked the movie.!(:
3.7 for a repeat. Wow.! Oh and Full House did amazing for a repeat.! 3 million.!!! For nickelodeon
Spongebob killed the 6:30 pm half hour.
Burn Notice really should end soon. They’ve run every last possible variation on this theme, and then some. And the ratings are not what they used to be. Michael Weston should just publish his “How to be an improbable freelance spy” book he’s been dictating notes for the last five years or so.
*Go nickelodeon
Wait a second was the 8:30 pm slot on nickelodeon full house or the fairly god parents cause I remember I watched the old Christmas special..
Wow that’s actually really good for A Fairly Odd Movie! Nothing on Disney tonight, or Sunday night will top that.
Project Runway All Stars really does terrible in comparison to the original series.
This is definitely going to be the last season of RHOM. 0.5 is good enough for the other Bravo shows, but not for housewives (expectations are much higher).
Full House is one of those iconic sitcoms that never go out of style!
Burn Notice was pretty good last night, and next week looks to be better.
I was a little confused by Sam’s girl friend. I didn’t even know he had one, and his reaction to leaving her was a little uncharacteristic, since he used to bounce between girl friends almost every few weeks. I think that was a somewhat trumped up complication to their escape.
I’m also not sure how they’re going to resolve this “on the run” story arc since it seems to put Weston in a total no-win situation. There’s no “out” that I can see as compared to previous story arcs where he was generally set up and could get out by outwitting the enemy who set him up. In this story arc, HE is the one at fault and there’s no getting around it. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
8:30 is wrong for Nickelodeon. Full House was not on. It was the 10 yr old, Fairly Odd Parents Christmas Special, Christmas Every Day. Full House never would score that high.
Okish numbers for sunny.
Actually, that premiere @ 8:30 PM wasn’t Full House, it was a repeat of the 2011 F.O.P. Christmas special.
Looks like I underestimated Nickelodeon’s “special move” to Thursday Nights.
Just an FYI: The 8:30pm listing is wrong – Nick aired “The Fairly OddParents” 2001 Christmas special then, not Full House.
My prediction numbers for A Fairly Odd Christmas were completely correct. On a related note, A Fairly Odd Christmas is the 5th most watched program on Nick this year.
*Typo I meant 2001, not 2011.
Well, I guess I was totally wrong about Nick’s new Thursday night block. It’s off to a really good start. I now know why it’s not on at 8, NFL Football is on. I can see it now, Thursday Night Nicktoons.
Thanks for letting me know about the Full House error. Nielsen listed the wrong program for Nickelodeon at 8:30PM. I changed it.
And Jersey Shore continues to bleed. Wonder if Scandal has anything to do with it.
AND SARA SPEAKS! Hi Sara!
NFL is a beast!
Hopefully Bellator can help lift TNA’s ratings in January.