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Wednesday Cable Final Nationals: Warriors-Thunder on ESPN Draw Best NBA Audience Since Opening Night

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 108-91 win over the Golden State Warriors on ESPN drew 3.23 million viewers on Thanksgiving Eve — the best viewership for an NBA game since opening night of the regular season on Oct. 17. Of the four most-watched games this season so far, three of them involved the Warriors (and curiously, all three were Golden State losses): vs. Houston on Oct. 17 (4.25 million), the aforementioned at Oklahoma City (3.23 million) and at Boston on Nov. 16 (3 million).

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s top original cable telecasts on Wednesday, November 22 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total viewers and adults 18-49 in parentheses):

Storage Wars CA (A&E, 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.769 million viewers (#43)
– 0.16 A18-49 (#70)

Storage Wars (A&E, 9:30 PM, 31 min.)
– 0.836 million viewers (#36)
– 0.17 A18-49 (#62)

Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.767 million viewers (#44)
– 0.15 A18-49 (#72)

Homestead Rescue (DISC, 9:00 PM, 65 min.)
– 1.230 million viewers (#23)
– 0.21 A18-49 (#40)

NBA Regular Season: Golden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder (ESPN, 8:00 PM, 155 min.)
– 3.230 million viewers (#2)
– 1.92 HH
– 1.21 A18-49 (#1)
– 1.24 A18-34

NBA Regular Season: Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento Kings (ESPN, 10:35 PM, 138 min.)
– 2.151 million viewers (#7)
– 1.30 HH
– 0.93 A18-49 (#2)
– 0.94 A18-34

College Basketball Regular Season: Maui Invitational Final: Notre Dame vs. Wichita State (ESPN2, 10:35 PM, 125 min.)
– 0.493 million viewers (#75)
– 0.31 HH
– 0.14 A18-49 (#76)
– 0.14 A18-34

Iron Chef Showdown (FOOD, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.766 million viewers (#45)
– 0.21 A18-49 (#40)

Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.333 million viewers (#6)
– 0.21 A18-49 (#40)

Hannity Special (FOXNC, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.484 million viewers (#4)
– 0.22 A18-49 (#37)

Ingraham Angle Special (FOXNC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.043 million viewers (#8)
– 0.21 A18-49 (#40)

Hallmark Original Movie: With Love, Christmas (HALL, 8:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 3.579 million viewers (#1)
– 0.58 A18-49 (#7)

The Dark Knight (HBO, 8:00 PM, 152 min.)
– 0.398 million viewers (#91)
– 0.17 A18-49 (#62)

Mechanic: Resurrection (HBO, 10:35 PM, 99 min.)
– 0.484 million viewers (#77)
– 0.18 A18-49 (#58)

Property Brothers at Home Drew’s Honeymoon House (HGTV, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.015 million viewers (#10)
– 0.30 A18-49 (#21)

House Hunters (HGTV, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 1.666 million viewers (#15)
– 0.29 A18-49 (#25)

House Hunters International (HGTV, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 1.600 million viewers (#18)
– 0.32 A18-49 (#19)

Unusual Suspects: Deadly (ID, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.344 million viewers (#22)
– 0.25 A18-49 (#32)

Little Women Dallas (LIF, 9:00 PM, 62 min.)
– 0.517 million viewers (#71)
– 0.17 A18-49 (#62)

Little Women Atl Special (LIF, 10:02 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.481 million viewers (#78)
– 0.14 A18-49 (#76)

Chips (MAX, 8:00 PM, 101 min.)
– 0.334 million viewers (#98)
– 0.13 A18-49 (#85)

All In with Chris Hayes (MSNBC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.620 million viewers (#16)
– 0.17 A18-49 (#62)

Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.361 million viewers (#5)
– 0.26 A18-49 (#31)

Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.033 million viewers (#9)
– 0.21 A18-49 (#40)

Are You The One Season 6 (MTV, 10:00 PM, 61 min.)
– 0.408 million viewers (#90)
– 0.21 A18-49 (#40)

Liga MX: Toluca vs. Monarcas (UDN, 8:00 PM, 149 min.)
– 0.498 million viewers (#74)
– 0.27 HH
– 0.22 A18-49 (#37)
– 0.19 A18-34

Liga MX: Leon vs. Tigres (UDN, 10:29 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.694 million viewers (#54)
– 0.39 HH
– 0.31 A18-49 (#20)
– 0.23 A18-34

Mr. Robot (USA, 10:00 PM, 61 min.)
– 0.545 million viewers (#70)
– 0.19 A18-49 (#50)

Black Ink Crew Chicago 3 (VH1, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.865 million viewers (#34)
– 0.46 A18-49 (#13)

Martha & Snoop Potluck Dinner 2 (VH1, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.579 million viewers (#66)
– 0.28 A18-49 (#28)

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research