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Wednesday Final Nationals: ESPN Tops Night with College Football’s Music City Bowl

A light programming schedule on the broadcast networks paved the way for ESPN to win this Wednesday evening among total viewers and all key demos, courtesy of college football’s Music City Bowl between Louisville and Texas A&M.

At 5.423 million total viewers, a 1.49 rating in adults 18-49, a 1.21 rating in adults 18-34 and a 1.76 rating among adults 25-54, drew the most total viewers for a Music City Bowl game since 2010 (North Carolina/Tennessee, 7.1 million) and ranks as the second-biggest audience for this particular bowl within the past decade (2006-15).

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 2.4/4 3838 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.2/4
8:00 The Middle (r) 3.2/6 5068 0.7/3 1.0/4 1.4/4
8:30 The Goldbergs (r) 2.5/4 4126 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.3/4
9:00 Modern Family (r) 2.8/5 4543 0.7/3 1.1/4 1.6/4
9:31 black-ish (r) 2.4/4 3724 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.3/4
10:00 The Goldbergs (r) 1.9/3 2887 0.4/2 0.7/2 1.0/3
10:30 black-ish (r) 1.7/3 2650 0.4/2 0.7/2 0.9/3
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 3.0/5 4684 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.2/4
8:00 I Get That A Lot (s) 3.1/5 4979 0.6/3 1.0/4 1.4/4
9:00 Code Black (r) 2.6/5 4096 0.4/2 0.7/2 1.0/3
10:00 Criminal Minds (r) 3.2/6 4977 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.3/4
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 3.0/5 4568 0.5/2 0.8/3 1.2/3
8:00 Law & Order: SVU (r) 2.9/5 4361 0.5/2 0.7/3 1.1/3
9:00 Law & Order: SVU (r) 3.4/6 5108 0.6/2 0.9/3 1.4/4
10:00 Chicago P.D. (r) 2.9/5 4235 0.4/2 0.7/3 1.1/3
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 1.4/2 2149 0.4/2 0.6/2 0.8/2
8:00 Empire (r) 1.5/3 2259 0.4/2 0.6/2 0.9/3
9:00 Rosewood (r) 1.4/2 2039 0.4/2 0.5/2 0.7/2
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 0.5/1 884 0.2/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
8:00 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (r) 0.5/1 911 0.3/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
9:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (r) 0.5/1 802 0.2/1 0.3/1 0.3/1
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 1.1/2 2006 0.8/3
7:00 Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse 1.1/2 1943 0.7/3
8:00 Antes Muerta Que Lichita 1.0/2 1999 0.7/3
9:00 Pasion y Poder 1.1/2 1890 0.7/2
10:03 Yo No Creo En Hombres 1.2/2 2143 0.8/3

Cable Rankings – Wednesday 12/30/15
What follows are the top 20 most-watched shows in prime time on cable for Wednesday, December 30:


  1. “College Football: Music City Bowl: Louisville vs. Texas A&M” (ESPN, 7:12-11:12 p.m., 3.27 household rating, 1.49 adults 18-49 rating): 5.423 million

  2. “Alaskan Bush People” (Discovery, 9 p.m.): 3.931

  3. “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 10 p.m.): 2.757

  4. “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 9 p.m.): 2.678

  5. “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 10:30 p.m.): 2.659

  6. “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 9:30 p.m.): 2.648

  7. “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 8:30 p.m.): 2.571

  8. “Descendants” (Disney Channel, 8 p.m.): 2.170

  9. “House Hunters” (HGTV, 10 p.m.): 2.052

  10. “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 8 p.m.): 2.051

  11. “American Pickers” (History, 9 p.m.): 1.979

  12. “Alaskan Bush People” (Discovery, 8 p.m.): 1.944

  13. “House Hunters International” (HGTV, 10:30 p.m.): 1.941

  14. “The O’Reilly Factor” (Fox News Channel, 8 p.m.): 1.911

  15. “American Pickers” (History, 8 p.m.): 1.908

  16. “Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): 1.827

  17. “Best Friends Whenever” (Disney Channel, 10:05 p.m.): 1.696

  18. “American Dad” (Adult Swim, 10:30 p.m.): 1.671

  19. “Pawn Stars” (History, 10 p.m.): 1.634

  20. “Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks” (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): 1.619


  • “Men, Women, Wild” (Discovery, 10 p.m.): 1.267

  • “The Challenge: Bloodlines” (MTV, 10 p.m.): 0.835

  • “College Basketball: Clemson @ North Carolina” (ESPN2, 7:04-9:04 p.m., 0.41 household rating): 0.659


Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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