Saturday December 15, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Two NFL games on NFL Network led a slow Saturday on cable. The 8:30pm game, Browns v. Broncos, took the top spot on the day with a 2.15 A18-49 rating, and scored big numbers in Men 18-49 (2.96), Males 12-34 (1.75), People 25-54 (2.64), and total viewers (7.29 million). The 4:30pm game, Texas v. Jets, was at 1.24/1.80/1.04/1.63 in those respective demos with 4.76 million viewers. Over on A&E, 'Live PD' was the highest-rated non-sports option weighing in at a 0.6 rating with 1.88 million viewers, and skewing just slightly female in the 18-49s (0.62 to 0.58), but oddly skewing male in the 12-34s (0.42 to 0.45). On the scripted side, Hallmark's original movie 'Entertaining Christmas' scored a 0.55 F18-49 rating (1.86 in P50+) with 2.71 million viewers, and Lifetime's movie 'Christmas Pen Pals' managed a 0.25 F18-49 rating with 1.11 million viewers. Elsewhere was Oxygen's 'Criminal Confessions' (277,000) and HBO's 'Sesame Street' (117,000). 

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: CLE/DEN	NFL NETWORK	2.15	7.292
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: HOU/NYJ	NFL NETWORK	1.24	4.762
LIVE PD: 172	A&E NETWORK	0.60	1.878
COLL BKBL: GONZAGA/N CAROLINA	ESPN2	0.40	1.466
COLL BKBL: VILLANOVA/KANSAS	ESPN	0.39	1.386
MOVIE: ENTERTAINING CHRISTMAS	HALLMARK	0.39	2.713
COLL FTBL: MID TENN/APP ST	ESPN	0.36	1.371
WMNS COLL VBALL: NEB/STANFORD	ESPN2	0.27	0.938
PIONEER WOMAN	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	1.409
COLL FTBL: UTAH ST/N TEXAS	ESPN	0.26	0.968
MOVIE: NORTHERN LIGHTS OF XMAS	HMM	0.23	2.116
TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	0.22	1.088
COLL FTBL: GEORGIA S/E MICHIGAN	ESPN	0.22	0.986
KILLER UNKNOWN	ID	0.20	0.950
GUYS RANCH KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	0.18	0.928
LOG CABIN LIVING (11PM)	HGTV	0.17	0.799
HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION	HGTV	0.17	0.923
LOG CABIN LIVING (11:30PM)	HGTV	0.17	0.948
MOVIE: CHRISTMAS PEN PALS	LIFETIME	0.17	1.114
ANCIENT ALIENS	HISTORY	0.14	0.728
TOTAL DRAMARAMA	CARTOON NET	0.13	0.578
NCAA FTBL: MAINE/E WASHINGTON	ESPN2	0.11	0.448
READY TO LOVE	OWN	0.09	0.373
MILO MURPHYS LAW	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.09	0.399
CRIMINAL CONFESSIONS	OXYGEN	0.07	0.277
GET A ROOM: CARSON & THOM	BRAVO	0.06	0.276
ZIMMERN LIST (10AM)	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.06	0.256
SESAME STREET	HBO PRIME	0.06	0.117
SWEET HOME	BRAVO	0.05	0.271
ZIMMERN LIST (10:30AM)	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.05	0.222
CHAD LOVES MICHELLE	OWN	0.05	0.221
COLL BKBL: NC ST/PENN ST	ESPNU	0.05	0.148
BUYING IT BLIND	BRAVO	0.05	0.237
BEST PLACES TO PIG OUT	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.04	0.192
FIRST TIME FLIPPERS	DIY NETWORK	0.04	0.146
BEYBLADE BURST TURBO	DISNEY XD	0.02	0.106
YU-GI-OH (9AM)	NICKTOONS	0.02	0.116
YO-KAI WATCH	DISNEY XD	0.01	0.096
YU-GI-OH (9:30PM)	NICKTOONS	0.01	0.105

Source: Nielsen Media Research