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Friday Final Nationals: ESPN Tops New Year’s Prime Time Despite Record-Low Sugar Bowl

Rose Bowl on ESPN also dipped to record lows

ESPN was the outright winner, by far, on New Year’s night with college football’s “Sugar Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma State”.

On the negative side, it ranked as the least-watched Sugar Bowl ever (since at least 1999).

Earlier in the day, college football’s Rose Bowl — Stanford vs. Iowa — on ESPN drew 13.6 million viewers, also an historic low for that famed bowl game (since at least 1983).

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Friday, January 1, 2016
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 2.7/5 4978 0.6/2 0.9/3 1.3/3
1:00 College Football: Citrus Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida (thru 4:19) 5.1/11 8761 1.4/8 2.1/9 2.8/10
8:00 Last Man Standing (r) 2.7/5 4392 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.2/3
8:31 Dr. Ken (r) 2.1/4 3443 0.5/2 0.8/3 1.1/3
9:00 Shark Tank (r) 2.3/4 3860 0.6/2 0.9/3 1.1/3
10:00 20/20 3.4/6 5373 0.6/2 1.1/3 1.5/4
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 3.8/7 6186 0.5/2 0.8/2 1.2/3
8:00 NCIS (r) 4.3/7 6948 0.5/2 0.8/3 1.2/3
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (r) 3.6/6 5884 0.5/2 0.8/2 1.1/3
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (r) 3.5/6 5603 0.5/2 0.8/2 1.1/3
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 2.8/5 4962 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.3/4
8:00 Caught on Camera (r) 2.3/4 3847 0.5/2 0.8/3 1.1/3
9:00 Dateline Classic (r) 3.1/5 4787 0.6/2 1.0/3 1.4/4
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-10 Network Average 1.4/2 2283 0.5/2 0.7/2 0.9/2
8:00 MasterChef Junior (r) 1.4/2 2270 0.5/2 0.7/2 0.9/2
9:00 MasterChef Junior (r) 1.4/2 2295 0.5/2 0.7/2 0.9/2
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-10 Network Average 0.5/1 883 0.3/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
8:00 iHeartRadio Music Festival (r) 0.5/1 883 0.3/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 1.0/2 1850 0.7/2
7:00 Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse 0.9/2 1620 0.6/2
8:03 Antes Muerta Que Lichita 1.0/2 1692 0.6/2
9:03 Pasion y Poder 1.0/2 1844 0.7/2
10:06 Yo No Creo En Hombres 1.1/2 2035 0.8/2

Cable Rankings – Friday 01/01/16
What follows are the top 20 most-watched shows in prime time on cable for Friday, January 1:


  1. “College Football: Sugar Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma State” (ESPN, 8:39-11:58 p.m., 5.09 household rating, 2.55 adults 18-49 rating): 8.940 million

  2. “Gold Rush” (Discovery, 9 p.m.): 4.247

  3. “Fixer Upper” (HGTV, 9 p.m.): 2.334

  4. “Gold Rush: The Dirt” (Discovery, 8 p.m.): 2.193

  5. “Alaskan Bush People Special” (Discovery, 10:02 p.m.): 1.987

  6. “Family Guy” (Adult Swim, 10:30 p.m.): 1.950

  7. “Dream Home” (HGTV, 8 p.m.): 1.863

  8. “House Hunters” (HGTV, 10 p.m.): 1.771

  9. “House Hunters International” (HGTV, 10:30 p.m.) and “Law & Order: SVU” (USA, 8 p.m.): 1.681 each

  1. “Family Guy” (Adult Swim, 10 p.m.): 1.676

  2. “Law & Order: SVU” (USA, 10 p.m.): 1.651

  3. “Law & Order: SVU” (USA, 9 p.m.): 1.545

  4. “Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): 1.524

  5. “Jessie” (Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m.): 1.454

  6. “Twilight Zone” (Syfy, 8:30 p.m.): 1.450

  7. “Twilight Zone” (Syfy, 8 p.m.): 1.447

  8. “Jessie” (Disney Channel, 8 p.m.): 1.440

  9. Movie: “A Christmas Holiday” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.): 1.439

  10. “Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks” (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): 1.433


Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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