
Monday Night Football (Texans/Patriots) was Monday's number 1 cable program, with a 5.5 adults 18-49 rating down from last week's 6.0. Castfish; The TV Show was the biggest non-sports related program, earning a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating up from last week's 1.4.
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 an original episode of a show here, it’s because it wasn’t in that list.
The list below is long but you can use your browsers "find on page" feature (usually CTRL+F or CMD+F) to search for specific shows.
Selected Monday cable ratings: (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Show | Net | Time | Viewers (000) (Live + SD) | Adult 18-49 Rating (Live + SD) |
| NFL REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 8:29 PM | 14483 | 5.5 |
| SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | 11:40 PM | 3523 | 1.7 |
| CATFISH: THE TV SHOW | MTV | 11:00 PM | 2409 | 1.5 |
| Teen Mom II SSN 3 | MTV | 10:00 PM | 2370 | 1.4 |
| WWE Entertainment | USA | 10:00 PM | 3672 | 1.3 |
| WWE Entertainment | USA | 9:00 PM | 3876 | 1.3 |
| Basketball Wives LA 2 | VH1 | 9:00 PM | 2209 | 1.2 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 10:31 PM | 3695 | 1.2 |
| WWE Entertainment | USA | 8:00 PM | 3743 | 1.2 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 2557 | 1.2 |
| MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L | ESPN | 6:30 PM | 2898 | 1.2 |
| American Chopper | DISC | 9:00 PM | 2523 | 1.2 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 10:00 PM | 3818 | 1.2 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2441 | 1.1 |
| 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS | FAM | 8:00 PM | 2916 | 1.0 |
| REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS | BRVO | 9:00 PM | 2190 | 1.0 |
| Basketball Wives LA 2 | VH1 | 8:00 PM | 1775 | 1.0 |
| T.I. AND TINY 2 | VH1 | 10:00 PM | 1632 | 0.9 |
| FAST N LOUD | DISC | 8:00 PM | 1918 | 0.9 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 9:00 PM | 3320 | 0.9 |
| 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS | FAM | 7:30 PM | 2669 | 0.9 |
| MARRYING The Game | VH1 | 10:30 PM | 1637 | 0.9 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1795 | 0.9 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:15 AM | 1748 | 0.8 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 1562 | 0.8 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1788 | 0.8 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 9:00 PM | 2176 | 0.8 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:00 PM | 3489 | 0.8 |
| NFL PRIMETIME | ESPN | 1:00 AM | 1535 | 0.8 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:30 PM | 3208 | 0.8 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:30 PM | 3273 | 0.7 |
| 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS | FAM | 7:00 PM | 2059 | 0.7 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 1424 | 0.7 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 1437 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:00 PM | 2773 | 0.7 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1568 | 0.7 |
| FAMILY GUY | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 1389 | 0.7 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 1581 | 0.6 |
| Intervention | AEN | 10:00 PM | 1296 | 0.6 |
| SPORTSCENTER MORNING L | ESPN | 2:00 AM | 1138 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 4:30 PM | 2318 | 0.6 |
| Basketball Wives LA 2 | VH1 | 11:00 PM | 1095 | 0.6 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1264 | 0.6 |
| FAMILY GUY | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 1304 | 0.6 |
| Basketball Wives LA 2 | VH1 | 12:00 AM | 1033 | 0.6 |
| SPORTSCENTER EARLY L | ESPN | 6:00 PM | 1065 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:00 PM | 1207 | 0.5 |
| FAMILY GUY | TBSC | 8:30 PM | 1212 | 0.5 |
| REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLS | BRVO | 10:01 PM | 1250 | 0.5 |
| HOARDERS | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1237 | 0.5 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:30 PM | 2095 | 0.5 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:30 PM | 1305 | 0.5 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1244 | 0.5 |
| Cake Boss: NEXT GREAT BAK | TLC | 9:00 PM | 1263 | 0.5 |
| 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS | FAM | 6:00 PM | 1332 | 0.5 |
| PLAYING WITH SKULLY | DSNY | 9:25 AM | 1757 | 0.5 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 9:30 AM | 1791 | 0.5 |
| American Chopper | DISC | 11:02 PM | 1008 | 0.5 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 9:00 AM | 1754 | 0.5 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:00 PM | 2005 | 0.5 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:00 PM | 1226 | 0.5 |
| Conan | TBSC | 11:00 PM | 921 | 0.5 |
| MINNIES BOW-TOONS | DSNY | 9:55 AM | 1775 | 0.5 |
| AMERICAN WISEASS | HIST | 11:02 PM | 1304 | 0.5 |
| Cake Boss | TLC | 10:00 PM | 1197 | 0.5 |
| Cake Boss | TLC | 10:30 PM | 1199 | 0.5 |
| MICKEYS MOUSEKERCIZE SHOR | DSNY | 8:55 AM | 1535 | 0.4 |
| CSI | USA | 11:03 PM | 1324 | 0.4 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 12:01 AM | 1286 | 0.4 |
| SECRET OF THE WINGS | DSNY | 12:30 PM | 1679 | 0.4 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 7:00 PM | 1697 | 0.4 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 7:30 PM | 1024 | 0.4 |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 869 | 0.4 |
| Watch What Happens Live | BRVO | 11:01 PM | 1037 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 6:00 PM | 2005 | 0.4 |
| HM STAYING HEALTHY | DSNY | 8:25 AM | 1489 | 0.4 |
| FAST N LOUD | DISC | 7:00 PM | 905 | 0.4 |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | 8:00 AM | 1522 | 0.4 |
| SYFY MOVIE | SYFY | 6:00 PM | 1105 | 0.4 |
| CSI: NY | TNT | 11:00 PM | 1365 | 0.4 |
| DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 918 | 0.4 |
| Intervention | AEN | 11:01 PM | 823 | 0.4 |
| PAWN STARS | HIST | 11:32 PM | 1173 | 0.4 |
| PAWN STARS | HIST | 2:01 AM | 1196 | 0.4 |
| FRIENDS | TBSC | 5:31 PM | 880 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:30 PM | 1110 | 0.4 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 6:00 PM | 1263 | 0.4 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1213 | 0.4 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:00 PM | 973 | 0.4 |
| PAWN STARS | HIST | 12:31 AM | 1309 | 0.4 |
| HOARDERS | AEN | 8:00 PM | 894 | 0.3 |
| LOVE IT OR LIST IT | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 1100 | 0.3 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS INTL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 1328 | 0.3 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 7:00 PM | 1275 | 0.3 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 9:00 PM | 1597 | 0.3 |
| NCIS: LOS ANGELES | USA | 7:00 PM | 2025 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 5:00 PM | 1683 | 0.3 |
| American Pickers | HIST | 1:01 AM | 1168 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 11:36 PM | 858 | 0.3 |
| Mentalist, THE | TNT | 6:00 PM | 1119 | 0.3 |
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.











So much for this game breaking records…
ABC Family holiday specials doing better than CW original programming.
Another great Monday for MTV!
i love catfish!
@Rob
Isn’t that usually the case? Poor CW
Is CATFISH something MTV would renew?
@Max:
With these ratings, yes. It’s surprisingly, MTV’s highest rated TV show right now (beating Jersey Shore and Teen Mom 2). Teen Mom 2 is also rating very well, staying steady this season.
SpongeBob continues to impress me.
Ouch. Hoarders’ new episode didn’t even make the top 100?? Same for Intervention.
I can’t believe Cake Boss still does that well.
Catfish is a great show I was happy when MTV picked this up but just when I was proud of MTV they decide since Jersey Shore is over what they due Washington Heights to take its place.
I know VH1 is waiting for LHHATL to return cause those ratings had VH1 always in the top spot.
Surprised it didn’t break records, but 5.5 is still impressive
Not surprised that ESPN’s “NFL Monday Night Football” dominated the night among both cable and broadcast shows.
This may have been the best matchup ESPN has ever had for a Monday night game.
Had the game not become one-sided, the game might have drawn 15-16 million viewers on average.
CSI & CSI:NY combined for a 0.8 OPPOSITE EACH OTHER at 11 PM.
@Chris
Both of them are in the list at 9 and 10. Just use the “find on page” feature and write AEN and you will easily find them.
Why are you guys surprised? Lol I don’t get it. Everyone knows a blowout game will reduce ratings. Let’s say the game came down to the wire, it would have added another 3 or 4 million viewers. People shouldv’e known when my Pats are on, more than likely they will dominate their opponent. Pats will probably dominate the 49ers too next week. Sorry that my team is not mediocre like the Cowboys so all their games come down to the last minute.
Thanks, silvit. I was on my phone and got a bit panicky.
Raw is really taking a massive hit since going to 3 hours.
Not that surprised by the lower-than-expected football numbers, not just because it was a blowout, but also because the teams playing (even with good records) are not exactly the NFL’s biggest draw. Last week, we had two tradition-laden teams that have huge fanbases and always draw big ratings (even if they’re records aren’t great). As great as the Patriots have been over the years (and I’m a huge fan), they still can’t match some of those NFC East powers in terms of ratings.
Chelsea Lately must be falling off the map. She hasn’t made the list in forever. I guess her new studio ain’t helping.
VH1 needs to get rid of BBWLA cause the show is the same old thing! they meet up the argue go home and do the same thing the next day.MTV never did this good on Mondays.him i see a renewal for Catfish!
How long will American Chopper stay cancelled?