Top Cable Nov 26-Dec 2, NFL & Tin Man

December 4th, 2007 by Robert Seidman

Oz may have never given anything to the Tin Man that he didn’t already have, but Tin Man gave the Sci Fi channel record high ratings with its miniseries debut on Sunday night. The first night of the six hour miniseries pulled in 6.3 million viewers. The previous Sci Fi record holder was part 1 of the 2002 miniseries Taken (6.1 million viewers).

A very bad Monday Night Football game had rebounding ratings, but although ESPN is available in almost three times as many homes as the NFL Network, the Packers vs. Cowboys matchup last Thursday only did about 33% fewer viewers than the Monday night game and placed 2^nd for the week by a wide margin. Also of note, big numbers for CNN with the YouTube GOP Debate.

Full Top 20 Cable Results for the week ending 12/02/07:

RANK	PROGRAMS	NET	Live+SD Viewers(000)
1	NFL REGULAR SEASON L (DOLPHINS/STEELERS)	ESPN	13,119
2	NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME (2007 - PACKERS VS. COWBOYS)	NFLN	10,054
3	SFC MINI-SERIES(S)-12/02/2007 (TIN MAN: PART ONE)	SCIFI	6,332
4	NFL GAME PRE-KICKOFF	NFLN	6,158
5	WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)	USA	5,152
6	SANTA CLAUSE, THE	DSNY	4,986
7	WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)	USA	4,968
8	SPONGEBOB	NICK	4,494
9	SR/CNN YOUTUBE GOP DEBATE(S)-11/28/2007	CNN	4,486
10	HILLS, THE	MTV	4,222
11	COLL FTBL-SAT PRIME L (PITTSBURGH/WEST VIRGINIA)	ESPN	4,104
12	SPONGEBOB	NICK	4,095
13	SPONGEBOB	NICK	4,058
14	SPONGEBOB	NICK	4,033
15	SPORTSCENTER	ESPN	3,946
16	SHOT AT LOVE: TILA TEQUIL	MTV	3,916
17	LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG)	USA	3,850
18	SPONGEBOB	NICK	3,785
19	BACK AT THE BARNYARD	NICK	3,776
20	AVATAR: DAY OF BLACK SUN	NICK	3,772